Kingston Power Plant

Coal Ash Cleanup Costs to be Paid by Alapowco Customers

Alabama Power’s coal-fired plant in Greene County. Coal ash was disposed of in ponds like the one in the foreground of this photo. The company is emptying ponds like it now. Coal ash from a TVA plant spill being loaded onto rail cars in Tennessee in 2008 for transport to an Alabama landfill in Uniontown, Alabama. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) –…