PowerSouth Energy Cooperative and Mitsubishi Power Celebrate the Beginning of Commercial Operations at the Lowman Energy Center

ANDALUSIA, Ala. & LAKE MARY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PowerSouth Energy Cooperative and Mitsubishi Power are celebrating the start of operations at the new 693-megawatt (MW) Lowman Energy Center (LEC), located in Leroy, Alabama. The LEC, which began construction in 2020, is replacing the now-retired 556 MW Charles R. Lowman coal-fired power plant. Fully operational as of late September, the new plant is designed to support the growing energy needs of PowerSouth’s distribution members in Alabama a