Alabama Power — and other utilities in the state — have for decades stored coal ash in unlined ponds. Last year, the U.S.

Alabama Power and Orchestra Partners, a Birmingham-area real estate development group, announced a plan back in February 2022 to redevelop the steam plant as part of a general project for Parkside.

The plant was acquired by Alabama Power in 1952 and was added in 2015 to the National Register of Historic Places. Alabama Power and Orchestra Partners, a Birmingham-area real estate development ...