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turns another generator. Some steam is siphoned off
and sent to Olin for its industrial processes.
The cogen plant employs 26 workers, including 14
journeymen, an Operations and Maintenance manager,
operations team leader, instrumentation and control
specialist, chemical technician, engineer; power
generation analyst, and six shared employees.
"Through the years, the staff has dealt with
everything from alligators to hurricanes," said Danny
Bolerjack, manager of Operations and Maintenance.
"The unit has demonstrated high reliability as
personnel focus on the main purpose of the plant:
providing steam to one of Southern Company's biggest
industrial customers."
Alabama Power has two other cogeneration plants, in
Theodore and Lowndes County west of Montgomery.
Washington County Cogeneration Plant employees in 2019.
Photos by Mike Kittrell
