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Energy Indicators
Demography	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period
Population	5.1 million	1.5%		2023
Civilian Labor Force	2.3 million	1.4%		Feb-24
Economy	Alabama	U.S. Rank		Period
Gross Domestic Product	$ 277.8 billion	27		2022
Gross Domestic Product for the Manufacturing Sector	$ 44,450 million	22		2022
Per Capita Personal Income	$ 50,637	49		2022
Vehicle Miles Traveled	71,631 million miles	17		2022
Land in Farms	8.6 million acres	31		2023
Climate	Alabama	U.S. Rank		Period
Average Temperature	65.5 degrees Fahrenheit	6		2023
Precipitation	50.7 inches	11		2023

Prices
Petroleum	Alabama	U.S. Average		Period	find more
Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase	$ 70.10 /barrel	$ 72.26 /barrel		Jan-24
Natural Gas	Alabama	U.S. Average		Period	find more
City Gate	$ 3.96 /thousand cu ft	$ 4.76 /thousand cu ft		Jan-24	find more
Residential	$ 16.69 /thousand cu ft	$ 11.82 /thousand cu ft		Jan-24	find more
Coal	Alabama	U.S. Average		Period	find more
Average Sales Price	$ 269.00 /short ton	$ 54.46 /short ton		2022
Delivered to Electric Power Sector	$ 2.93 /million Btu	$ 2.48 /million Btu		Jan-24
Electricity	Alabama	U.S. Average		Period	find more
Residential	14.40 cents/kWh	15.45 cents/kWh		Jan-24	find more
Commercial	13.66 cents/kWh	12.68 cents/kWh		Jan-24	find more
Industrial	7.14 cents/kWh	8.10 cents/kWh		Jan-24	find more

Reserves
Reserves	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period	find more
Crude Oil (as of Dec. 31)	26 million barrels	0.1%		2021	find more
Expected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. 31)	1,295 billion cu ft	0.2%		2021	find more
Expected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant Liquids	30 million barrels	0.1%		2021	find more
Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines	181 million short tons	1.6%		2022	find more
Rotary Rigs & Wells	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period	find more
Natural Gas Producing Wells	5,387 wells	1.1%		2020	find more
Capacity	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period
Crude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. 1)	142,100 barrels/calendar day	0.8%		2023
Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity	31,097 MW	2.6%		Jan-24

Supply & Distribution
Production	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period	find more
Total Energy	1,139 trillion Btu	1.2%		2021	find more
Crude Oil	9 thousand barrels per day	0.1%		Jan-24	find more
Natural Gas - Marketed	95,790 million cu ft	0.2%		2022	find more
Coal	10,408 thousand short tons	1.8%		2022	find more
Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period	find more
Total Net Electricity Generation	12,879 thousand MWh	3.4%		Jan-24
Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total)	Alabama	U.S. Average		Period
Petroleum-Fired	*	0.4 %		Jan-24	find more
Natural Gas-Fired	43.4 %	42.2 %		Jan-24	find more
Coal-Fired	14.0 %	19.9 %		Jan-24	find more
Nuclear	30.6 %	18.2 %		Jan-24	find more
Renewables	12.0 %	18.8 %		Jan-24
Stocks	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period	find more
Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines)	106 thousand barrels	0.9%		Jan-24
Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines)	1,201 thousand barrels	1.2%		Jan-24	find more
Natural Gas in Underground Storage	25,607 million cu ft	0.4%		Jan-24	find more
Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers	256 thousand barrels	1.2%		Jan-24	find more
Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers	4,029 thousand tons	3.3%		Jan-24	find more
Fueling Stations	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period
Motor Gasoline	3,110 stations	2.8%		2021
Propane	52 stations	2.1%		Mar-24
Electric Vehicle Charging Locations	363 stations	0.6%		Mar-24
E85	23 stations	0.5%		Mar-24
Biodiesel, Compressed Natural Gas, and Other Alternative Fuels	7 stations	0.2%		Mar-24

Consumption & Expenditures
Summary	Alabama	U.S. Rank		Period
Total Consumption	1,966 trillion Btu	16		2021	find more
Total Consumption per Capita	389 million Btu	13		2021	find more
Total Expenditures	$ 24,224 million	19		2021	find more
Total Expenditures per Capita	$ 4,797	11		2021	find more
by End-Use Sector	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period
Consumption
»  Residential	339 trillion Btu	1.6%		2021	find more
»  Commercial	247 trillion Btu	1.4%		2021	find more
»  Industrial	825 trillion Btu	2.5%		2021	find more
»  Transportation	554 trillion Btu	2.0%		2021	find more
Expenditures
»  Residential	$ 4,729 million	1.7%		2021	find more
»  Commercial	$ 3,155 million	1.6%		2021	find more
»  Industrial	$ 4,618 million	2.0%		2021	find more
»  Transportation	$ 11,722 million	1.9%		2021	find more
by Source	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period
Consumption
»  Petroleum	116 million barrels	1.6%		2021	find more
»  Natural Gas	764 billion cu ft	2.4%		2022	find more
»  Coal	15,856 thousand short tons	3.1%		2022	find more
Expenditures
»  Petroleum	$ 13,087 million	1.7%		2021	find more
»  Natural Gas	$ 6,054 million	2.2%		2022	find more
»  Coal	$ 929 million	3.5%		2022	find more
Consumption for Electricity Generation	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period	find more
Petroleum	13 thousand barrels	0.5%		Jan-24	find more
Natural Gas	38,316 million cu ft	3.3%		Jan-24	find more
Coal	1,024 thousand tons	2.4%		Jan-24	find more
Energy Source Used for Home Heating (share of households)	Alabama	U.S. Average		Period
Natural Gas	25.3 %	46.2 %		2022
Fuel Oil	0.1 %	3.9 %		2022
Electricity	67.7 %	41.3 %		2022
Propane	5.3 %	5.0 %		2022
Other/None	1.5 %	3.5 %		2022

Environment
Renewable Energy Capacity	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period	find more
Total Renewable Energy Electricity Net Summer Capacity	4,510 MW	1.3%		Jan-24
Ethanol Plant Nameplate Capacity	--	--		2023
Renewable Energy Production	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period	find more
Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation	1,220 thousand MWh	5.7%		Jan-24
Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation	59 thousand MWh	0.1%		Jan-24
Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation	261 thousand MWh	6.3%		Jan-24
Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation	NM	NM		Jan-24
Fuel Ethanol Production	0 thousand barrels	0.0%		2021
Renewable Energy Consumption	Alabama	U.S. Rank		Period	find more
Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total	15.4 %	19		2021
Fuel Ethanol Consumption	7,315 thousand barrels	17		2021
Total Emissions	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period	find more
Carbon Dioxide	108.4 million metric tons	2.2%		2021
Electric Power Industry Emissions	Alabama	Share of U.S.		Period	find more
Carbon Dioxide	52,252 thousand metric tons	3.2%		2022
Sulfur Dioxide	27 thousand metric tons	2.5%		2022
Nitrogen Oxide	24 thousand metric tons	2.0%		2022

Analysis

Last Updated: October 19, 2023

Overview

Alabama is an energy-rich state with a wide variety of resources, including deposits of coal, crude oil and natural gas, as well as renewable energy resources.^1,2 Located along the Gulf of Mexico, southern Alabama consists of a coastal plain with a humid, subtropical climate. The state's north includes the southern edge of the Appalachian Mountains, where below-zero temperatures occur every few years and measurable snow is common.^3,4 Alabama's many rivers flow from the Appalachian highlands toward the Gulf of Mexico, and several dams along those rivers provide hydroelectric power.^5,6,7 Forests cover more than two-thirds of Alabama, and the state has the third-largest total timberland acreage among the Lower 48 states, after Georgia and Oregon, which gives Alabama ample biomass resources.^8,9,10

Alabama ranks among the 10 states with the highest total industrial sector energy use, and its industrial sector accounts for slightly more than two-fifths of the state's total energy consumption.^11,12 Alabama is among the top five states in the manufacture of cars and light trucks, with a production capacity of 1.3 million vehicles annually. Vehicles are Alabama's No. 1 export, and it is the third-largest auto-exporting state. The manufacture of automobiles and other transportation equipment; primary metals; chemicals; food and beverages; paper; and wood products, as well as mining and oil and natural gas extraction, are major contributors to Alabama's economy.^13,14,15 The transportation sector accounts for almost three-tenths of the state's total energy consumption. Alabama was one of only 12 states to see energy use in its transportation sector rise in 2021 from pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels, with the state having the third-largest increase, mostly because of more gasoline use for light-duty vehicle travel.^16,17 Despite high energy use for cooling during the state's hot, humid summers and widespread home heating in the winter, the residential sector makes up slightly less than one-fifth of state energy use. The commercial sector accounts for about one-eighth of Alabama's energy consumption.^18,19,20 Overall, Alabama consumes about 40% more energy than it produces.²¹

Electricity

Alabama ranks sixth among the states in the production of electricity.²² Natural gas has fueled the largest share of electricity in Alabama since 2014 and accounted for 43% of the state's net generation in 2022.²³ Seven of the 10 largest power plants in Alabama by capacity and 6 of the largest by actual yearly electricity generation are natural gas-fired.²⁴

Alabama is the nation's fifth-largest producer of electricity from nuclear power.²⁵ Alabama's two nuclear power plants, with a total of five reactors, produced 29% of the electricity generated in the state in 2022. The three reactors at the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in north Alabama have nearly 3,800 megawatts of combined generating capacity, which is the second-largest among U.S. nuclear power plants, after Arizona's Palo Verde nuclear power plant. Browns Ferry will rank third when the Unit 4 reactor at Georgia's Vogtle nuclear power plant comes online in late 2023 or early 2024.^26,27,28

Coal historically fueled the largest share of electric power generation in Alabama, but many of the state's older coal-fired generating plants have shut down. About 4,200 megawatts of the state's coal-fired generating capacity has retired since 2015.^29,30 The contribution of coal-fired power plants to Alabama's net generation dropped by more than half since 2010, declining to 18% of the state's total generation in 2022.³¹

Twenty-three hydroelectric dams on Alabama's rivers provided 7% of the state's net generation in 2022.^32,33 Alabama is the sixth-largest U.S. hydroelectric power producer and second-largest east of the Rocky Mountains, after New York.³⁴ Although only about 2% of the state's total generation is fueled by biomass, Alabama ranks fifth among the states in electricity generation from biomass. Almost all of that generation comes from burning wood and wood-derived fuels from the state's substantial forest products industry.^35,36

Alabama's electricity production exceeds its consumption, and about one-third of the electricity generated in the state is sent to neighboring states over the regional electric grid.^37,38 In 2022, Alabama's residential sector accounted for 38% of the electricity sold in the state, and the industrial sector accounted for 36%. The commercial sector made up 26% of the state's electricity sales.³⁹ Total electricity consumption per capita in Alabama is fourth-highest in the nation and per capita electricity use in the residential sector ranks fifth, due in part to the high demand for air conditioning in the hot summers and the widespread use of electricity for home heating in the winter.^40,41 About 7 out of 10 Alabama households heat with electricity.⁴²

Coal

Coal has been mined commercially in Alabama since the 1850s, and coal supported development of the state's iron and steel industry.⁴³ Alabama holds 1% of U.S. economically recoverable coal reserves. In 2021, the state ranked 12th in the nation in total coal production and 8th in terms of bituminous coal, the most abundant type of coal found in the United States. Bituminous coal is used to generate electricity and to make steel.^44,45 About 85% of the coal produced in Alabama comes from 6 underground mines, and the rest comes from 14 surface mines.⁴⁶ Nearly 90% of the coal mined in Alabama is exported to other countries.⁴⁷ During 2022, the Mobile seaport ranked first in the nation for receiving U.S. coal imports, handling almost two-fifths of total coal imports, and fourth in shipping U.S. coal exports.⁴⁸

About 10% of the coal mined in Alabama is used in the state, and half that coal is burned at power plants to generate electricity. Minor amounts of Alabama coal are delivered to coking plants and other industrial plants in several other states, primarily Florida and Oklahoma.^49,50 Wyoming supplies more than three-fifths of the domestically produced coal consumed in Alabama. All of that Wyoming coal is delivered to power plants, which are the largest coal consumers in Alabama. The rest of the domestic coal consumed in Alabama arrives by railroad, river barge, and truck from about half a dozen other states.⁵¹

Petroleum

Alabama's economically recoverable crude oil reserves are small—only about 0.1% of the U.S. total.⁵² Oil was discovered in west-central Alabama in the mid-1940s a few miles from the border with Mississippi.⁵³ Today, a small amount of crude oil is produced from fields in the northwestern and southwestern parts of the state.^54,55 Since reaching a peak of about 22 million barrels in 1980, the state's annual crude oil production has generally declined during the last four decades. Although the state's crude oil production increased slightly between 2011 and 2013, output has fallen every year since then. Production in 2022 dropped below 4 million barrels for the first time the mid-1950s.^56,57,58

Alabama has three petroleum refineries with a combined processing capacity of about 142,000 barrels of crude oil per calendar day. The state's largest refinery is located near Mobile. The second-largest refinery is in Tuscaloosa on the Black Warrior River, and the third and smallest refinery is in Atmore, located northeast of Mobile near the Florida Panhandle border.⁵⁹ The refineries can process a range of domestic and imported crude oils into refined products that include: feedstocks for chemical plants, motor gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, residual fuel, and asphalt for local and regional markets. The Mobile refinery began producing diesel fuel from renewable sources in early 2023.^60,61,62,63 Alabama receives additional refined products from Texas and Louisiana via two major interstate pipelines—the Colonial Pipeline and the PPL Pipeline (formerly known as the Plantation Pipeline). These pipelines move gasoline and other petroleum products through Alabama to supply half a dozen other southern and eastern states.^64,65,66

In 2021, nearly nine-tenths of the petroleum used in Alabama was consumed as transportation fuels, mainly motor gasoline and diesel fuel.^67,68 Conventional gasoline without ethanol can be sold throughout the state, although almost all U.S. gasoline is blended with at least 10% ethanol.^69,70 Alabama ranks third among states with the lowest average gasoline prices, but it is second-highest in the nation in gasoline expenditures per capita.⁷¹ Alabama does not have any ethanol production plants, but the state consumes about 307 million gallons of fuel ethanol per year.^72,73 Alabama has one biodiesel production plant, which can produce 20 million gallons a year and is one-third less than the 30 million gallons of biodiesel the state consumes annually.^74,75 The industrial sector consumes about 9% of the state's petroleum, the commercial sector accounts for about 2%, and the residential sector makes up about 1% of petroleum use. About 5 out of 100 Alabama households heat with petroleum products, mainly propane.^76,77

Natural gas

Alabama produces natural gas both onshore and offshore in state waters, including in Mobile Bay. The state's proved reserves of natural gas have fallen to about one-fifth of their peak estimate in the early 1990s and now comprise about 0.2% of U.S. total natural gas reserves.^78,79 Alabama's annual marketed natural gas production has steadily declined during the past two decades. In 2021, the state's natural gas output fell to its lowest level since the late 1970s and contributed about 0.3% to the nation's total natural gas production.^80,81 Almost three-fifths of Alabama's natural gas production comes from onshore wells, and most of that onshore production is in the form of coalbed methane—a natural gas produced from coal seams. The state's coalbed methane wells are located primarily in the Black Warrior Basin in northwestern Alabama.^82,83,84

Alabama's natural gas production meets about 15% of the state's gas demand.^85,86 The state receives additional natural gas through interstate pipelines, mainly from Mississippi, but large volumes are also shipped south through Tennessee from Pennsylvania and Ohio natural gas fields in the Marcellus and Utica shales. More than four-fifths of the natural gas that enters Alabama continues on to other states, mainly to Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi.⁸⁷

An increasing amount of the natural gas consumed in Alabama goes to power plants as fuel for electricity generation. Since 2007, the electric power sector has been the largest natural gas-consuming sector in the state and accounted for 62% of total natural gas deliveries in 2022. The industrial sector consumed the second-largest amount of natural gas—about 30% of the state's total.^88,89 Although one-fourth of Alabama households use natural gas for heating, the residential sector accounted for only slightly more than 4% of the state's natural gas consumption because the winters are mild in much of the state. The commercial sector accounted for a little less than 4% of the state's natural gas use.^90,91

Renewable energy

In 2022, renewable energy sources generated about one-tenth of Alabama's total in-state electricity. Hydroelectric facilities accounted for 70% of the state's renewable electricity generation. About 22% of Alabama's renewable generation came from biomass, mostly from wood and wood-derived fuels at industrial facilities, and 6% was provided by solar energy.^92,93 Alabama's biomass resources also provide feedstock for the state's three commercial wood pellet plants, which have a combined annual production capacity of 683,000 short tons—about 5% of the nation's total.⁹⁴

Alabama's total solar power generation is small, but has increased in recent years.⁹⁵ The state's best solar resources are located in the southeast corner of Alabama and along the state's short Gulf Coast shoreline.⁹⁶ Alabama's first commercial solar farm, with 75 megawatts of solar photovoltaic (PV) generating capacity, began operating in 2016. A 227-megawatt solar farm in northwest Alabama, which is the state's largest, came online in late 2021 to supply power to a large computer data center. The state had 600 megawatts of installed utility-scale (1 megawatt or larger) solar power generating capacity as of mid-2023.^97,98,99 There is currently little customer-sited, small-scale (less than 1 megawatt) solar generating capacity, such as residential rooftop solar panels, in the state.^100,101

Alabama has no utility-scale wind generation, but there are a few areas along its Gulf coastline and along stretches of the Appalachian mountain ridges in the northeastern part of the state that have modest wind energy resources.^102,103 In June 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior published a request for proposals to see if there was any interest among energy companies in leasing tracts to develop wind power in federal Gulf of Mexico waters that begin three miles off the Alabama coast. However, the Department later determined there was not sufficient commercial interest in developing Alabama's offshore wind resources, and instead leased areas to develop wind resources in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana and Texas coastlines.^104,105,106

Alabama does not have a renewable portfolio standard or a voluntary renewable energy goal or offer net metering, but does encourage energy savings and efficiency.^107,108 The state has an energy building code for commercial and residential buildings.¹⁰⁹

Endnotes

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³ University of Alabama, Department of Geography, Physiographic Regions, accessed September 21, 2023.
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¹² U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C11, Energy Consumption Estimates by End-Use Sector, Ranked by State, 2021.
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³⁵ U.S. EIA, Electric Power Monthly (February 2023), Table 1.15.B.
³⁶ U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, annual, Alabama, 2001-22.
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⁴¹ U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C17, Electricity Retail Sales, Total and Residential, Total and per Capita, Ranked by State, 2021.
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⁵² U.S. EIA, Crude Oil Proved Reserves, Reserves Changes, and Production, 2016-21.
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⁷² U.S. EIA, U.S. Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity (August 7, 2023), Detailed nameplate capacity of fuel ethanol plants by Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PAD District) are available in XLS file.
⁷³ U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table F25, Fuel ethanol consumption estimates, 2021.
⁷⁴ U.S. EIA, U.S. Biodiesel Plant Production Capacity (August 7, 2023), Detailed annual production capacity by plant is available in XLSX format.
⁷⁵ U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table F26, Biodiesel Consumption Estimates, 2021.
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⁷⁹ U.S. EIA, Natural Gas Reserves Summary as of Dec. 31, Wet NG, 2016-21.
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Other Resources

Energy-Related Regions and Organizations

• Coal Region: Interior
• Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PADD): 3
• North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) ERO Enterprise: Regional Entities: SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC)

Other Websites

• Alabama Public Service Commission
• Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), Energy Division
• ADECA, Energy Division, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
• ADECA, Energy Division, Alabama Weatherization Assistance Program
• EIA Gulf of Mexico Fact Sheet
• Alabama Department of Environmental Management
• Alabama Oil and Gas Board and Geological Survey
• UA Alabama Energy Transformation Initiative
• Auburn University Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts
• EIA Alabama Flickr Album
• Southern States Energy Board
• Southeastern Power Administration
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Alternative Fuels Data Center, Federal and State Laws and Incentives
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
• Benefits.Gov, Housing and Public Utilities
• NC Clean Energy Technology Center, Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE)
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
• National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
• National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Research and Policy
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Geospatial Data Science Data and Tools
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Publications
• Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
• U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
• U.S. Geological Survey, Maps
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory, State and Local Planning for Energy (SLOPE)
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Energy Flow Charts
• EIA Status of U.S. Nuclear Outages
• EIA Natural Gas Storage Dashboard
• EIA Energy Disruptions
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development, Energy Programs