Alabama Power News

Birmingham city officials are expecting nearly $5 million in extra spending approved this week to jumpstart construction of a Negro League baseball museum , retain a downtown business and provide major enhancements to public safety departments.

It's not abnormal for lawmakers to begin a political meeting with a prayer. But in Arizona, an atheist state representative began the daily session with a quote from a well-known atheist.

The City of Montgomery has become one of the first municipalities in the state to help citizens embrace electric automobiles.

About 180 corporate and municipal fleet managers and alternative fuel vehicle suppliers from across the country are at Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum today for a forum on clean fuel technology.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Scam artists pretending to be with Alabama Power Co. are trying to trick individuals and businesses into buying prepaid cards and then use the cards to pay supposedly delinquent bills.

At least two Alabama lakes are projected to rise above their normal summer pools because of heavy, unexpected rains, according to a statement from Alabama Power.

The city of Montgomery unveiled its first public charging station for electric cars on Thursday May 16, 2013.

Marketing 24/7 CEO Ruwena Healy, a marketing and social media networking professional, recently served as a panelist on the Women's Business Council as part of the Birmingham Business Alliance 2013 schedule of events.

Birmingham Mayor William Bell proposes nearly $5 million in additional spending for projects including cash for business incentives, seed money for a proposed baseball museum and additional support for civil rights anniversary commemorations.

Acting state Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Worley lowered her head and slowly shook it side to side when summing up the financial condition of her once powerful party.

About 600 women and men crammed into the main ballroom at the Wynfrey Hotel for the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women luncheon yesterday morning.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Alabama Power is working to determine the cause of a power outage affecting several neighborhoods in south Birmingham, a company spokeswoman said.

Unit 2 of the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala., has safely resumed generating electricity following completion of a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage.

's stock had its "buy" rating restated by equities researchers at TheStreet in a report issued on Friday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports.

The public hearing complex atop the RSA Union building in Montgomery was packed on Wednesday morning, for Alabama Power's first informal hearing before the Public Service Commission.

's stock had its "outperform" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at RBC Capital in a report released on Tuesday, Stock Ratings Network reports.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Alabama Public Service Commission is still working to finalize a rate setting agreement with Mobile Gas, but PSC President Twinkle Cavanaugh is confident ratepayers' bills will go down.

The lake is expected to crest early this morning and was about 3 feet above the normal summer pool on Monday.

UAB baseball couldn't quite finish the weekend the way they started against no. 18 Rice, but the series finale was no easy win for the Owls.

Due to lingering rainfall, Alabama Power is operating spillway gates at its Henry, Jordan, Lay, Logan Martin, Mitchell and Weiss dams on the Coosa River to help manage flows and rising lake levels.