Donna Cope

Jan 10, 2025 | yellowhammernews.com | Donna Cope

With snow in the forecast for much of the state and a wintry chill descending, Alabama Power customers can depend on reliable power to stay toasty warm. Power Delivery VP Scott Moore ensures there’s enough capacity to serve customers’ electric demand and have the margin to handle those crucial outages.

Nov 24, 2024 | yellowhammernews.com | Donna Cope

The red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) is making a comeback. After more than 50 years, the Southeast’s iconic black-and-white woodpecker is being downlisted from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Alabama Power and Southern Company – along with state and federal agencies, landowners and other conservation groups – are celebrating the birds’ comeback.

Nov 19, 2024 | alabamanewscenter.com | Donna Cope

The red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) is making a comeback. After more than 50 years, the Southeast’s iconic black-and-white woodpecker is being downlisted from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Alabama Power and Southern Company – along with state and federal agencies, landowners and other conservation groups – are celebrating the birds’ comeback.

Nov 15, 2024 | alabamanewscenter.com | Donna Cope

There’s no better way to celebrate National Take a Hike Day on Nov. 17 than taking a refreshing walk on a beautiful Alabama trail. That is one reason Curtis Bowden, who grew up in Birmingham enjoying the outdoors and walking the local trails, said it’s important to keep the state’s natural resources and trails clean. Bowden was among 15 volunteers who met early Thursday morning, Nov. 14, to clean the 1.2-mile Enon Ridge trail in north Birmingham.

Nov 6, 2024 | alabamanewscenter.com | Donna Cope

Partnerships make perfect. About 10 state agencies and nonprofit stakeholder organizations came together with Alabama Power at the first Environmental Stewardship Exposition at an Alabama Power public recreational site, Beeswax Creek Park in Columbiana. The three-hour event, held near the shores of the company’s Lay Lake, drew visitors and partners interested in protecting the state’s natural environment and resources.