Alabama Power rate freeze and Lindsay Hill plant charge delay
Approved Rider or surcharge before the Alabama Public Service Commission.
Keeps the base rate flat on a typical bill
A freeze on base rates; riders and fuel charges can still move.
What happens next
The decision is final; the new rate takes effect once the order sets a date. How rate cases work.
What it means for your bill
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The Alabama Public Service Commission approved a consent order in December 2025 freezing several cost factors that normally move Alabama Power rates automatically, including fuel costs, purchased power costs, government mandate charges, and the Rate Stabilization and Equalization (RSE) earnings formula, through 2027. As part of the same agreement, a previously approved charge of about 3.32 dollars a month tied to the 622 million dollar Lindsay Hill natural gas plant Alabama Power bought in 2025 was delayed from 2027 to 2028. The freeze does not lower current rates or block usage-driven bill changes, it only pauses new increases from these specific mechanisms.
What it means for your bill: Your Alabama Power rate factors are frozen through 2027, but a 3.32 dollar a month charge for the Lindsay Hill gas plant is still coming, now delayed to 2028.
- Status
- Approved
- Utility
- Alabama Power
- Commission
- Alabama Public Service Commission
- Approved
- 0% residential
- Typical bill change
- +$0.00 a month
- Decided
- December 8, 2025
- Data center linked
- Yes. The filing ties part of the cost or the tariff design to data center load. The projects themselves: isadatacentercoming.com.
- Last checked
- August 29, 2026
Common questions
How much will my Alabama Power bill go up?
Keeps the base rate flat on a typical bill. A freeze on base rates; riders and fuel charges can still move.
When would the new rates start?
Not yet set. That is decided along with the case, usually as part of the commission's final order.
When is the hearing?
No hearing date is on record for this case.
How do I comment?
The comment period closed once this case was decided; its result is above.
Sources
- Alabama PSC approves Alabama Power's request for rate freeze, Alabama Reflector, 2025-12-03
- Alabama Power Freezes Rates as Data Centers Face New Cost Rules, Birmingham Free Press, 2026-08-22
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