🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Florida
Florida operates 88 natural gas power plants totaling 58,084 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 186.3M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants88operating
Capacity58,084 MWnameplate
Generation186.3M MWhannual
All Florida natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West County Energy Center | Loxahatchee | Palm Beach County | 4,263 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Crystal River | Crystal River | Citrus County | 3,449 MW | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Manatee | Parrish | Manatee County | 2,951 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Fort Myers | Ft. Myers | Lee County | 2,681 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Lauderdale | Ft. Lauderdale | Broward County | 2,664 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Martin | Indiantown | Martin County | 2,449 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| H L Culbreath Bayside Power Station | Tampa | Hillsborough County | 2,399 MW | Tampa Electric Co |
| Sanford | Debary | Volusia County | 2,378 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Big Bend | Apollo Beach | Hillsborough County | 2,275 MW | Tampa Electric Co |
| Hines Energy Complex | Bartow | Polk County | 2,266 MW | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Gulf Clean Energy Center | Pensacola | Escambia County | 2,108 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Okeechobee Clean Energy Center | Okeechobee | Okeechobee County | 1,723 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Polk | Mulberry | Polk County | 1,493 MW | Tampa Electric Co |
| P L Bartow | St. Petersburg | Pinellas County | 1,476 MW | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Dania Beach 7 | Ft. Lauderdale | Broward County | 1,448 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Northside Generating Station | Jacksonville | Duval County | 1,407 MW | Jea |
| Port Everglades | Ft. Lauderdale | Broward County | 1,352 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Cape Canaveral | Cocoa | Brevard County | 1,295 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Riviera | Riviera Beach | Palm Beach County | 1,295 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Intercession City | Intercession City | Osceola County | 1,197 MW | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Anclote | Holiday | Pasco County | 1,112 MW | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Oleander Power Project Lp | Cocoa | Brevard County | 994 MW | Oleander Holdings Llc |
| Midulla Generating Station | Bowling Green | Hardee County | 853 MW | Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc |
| Brandy Branch | Baldwin | Duval County | 783 MW | Jea |
| Debary | Debary | Volusia County | 748 MW | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Vandolah Power Station | Wauchula | Hardee County | 728 MW | Vandolah Power Co Llc |
| Cane Island | Intercession City | Osceola County | 706 MW | Kissimmee Utility Authority |
| Curtis H Stanton Energy Center | Orlando | Orange County | 688 MW | Stanton Clean Energy Llc |
| Arvah B Hopkins | Tallahassee | Leon County | 673 MW | City Of Tallahassee - (Fl) |
| Lansing Smith | Southport | Bay County | 662 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Osprey Energy Center Power Plant | Auburndale | Polk County | 644 MW | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Indian River | Titusville | Brevard County | 609 MW | Orlando Utilities Comm |
| Osceola Generating Station (Fl) | St. Cloud | Osceola County | 580 MW | Orlando Utilities Comm |
| C D Mcintosh Jr | Lakeland | Polk County | 546 MW | City Of Lakeland - (Fl) |
| Shady Hills Generating Station | Shady Hills | Pasco County | 541 MW | Shady Hills Power Co Llc |
| Deerhaven Generating Station | Gainesville | Alachua County | 471 MW | Gainesville Regional Utilities |
| Hardee Power Station | Bowling Green | Hardee County | 470 MW | Invenergy Services Llc |
| Treasure Coast Energy Center | Ft. Pierce | St Lucie County | 411 MW | Fort Pierce Utilities Authority |
| Greenland Energy Center | Jacksonville | Duval County | 381 MW | Jea |
| J D Kennedy | Jacksonville | Duval County | 370 MW | Jea |
| Indian River Plant | Titusville | Brevard County | 343 MW | Orlando Utilities Comm |
| Tiger Bay | Ft. Meade | Polk County | 278 MW | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Santa Rosa Energy Center | Pace | Santa Rosa County | 275 MW | Santa Rosa Energy Center Llc |
| S O Purdom | St Marks | Wakulla County | 270 MW | City Of Tallahassee - (Fl) |
| Suwannee River | Live Oak | Suwannee County | 198 MW | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Orange Cogeneration Facility | Bartow | Polk County | 157 MW | Northern Star Generation Services Co Llc |
| John R Kelly | Gainesville | Alachua County | 142 MW | Gainesville Regional Utilities |
| Larsen Memorial | Lakeland | Polk County | 134 MW | City Of Lakeland - (Fl) |
| Mulberry Cogeneration Facility | Bartow | Polk County | 128 MW | Florida Municipal Power Agency |
| Orlando Cogen Lp | Orlando | Orange County | 122 MW | Florida Municipal Power Agency |
| Pensacola Florida Plant | Cantonment | Escambia County | 102 MW | Ascend Performance Materials Llc |
| Tom G Smith | Lake Worth | Palm Beach County | 99 MW | City Of Lake Worth Beach - (Fl) |
| University Of Florida | Gainesville | Alachua County | 54 MW | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Tropicana Products Bradenton | Bradenton | Manatee County | 47 MW | Tropicana Products Inc |
| G W Ivey | Homestead | Miami Dade County | 36 MW | City Of Homestead - (Fl) |
| Seminole Mill | Jacksonville | Duval County | 30 MW | Westrock Seminole |
| Eight Flags Energy | Fernandina Beach | Nassau County | 22 MW | Eight Flags Energy Llc |
| Sub 12 | Tallahassee | Leon County | 19 MW | City Of Tallahassee - (Fl) |
| Pea Ridge | Pace | Santa Rosa County | 14 MW | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Standby Generation Plant | Pensacola | Escambia County | 14 MW | Pensacola Christian College |
| Jax Lng | Jacksonville | Duval County | 13 MW | Jax Lng |
| South Energy Center | Gainesville | Alachua County | 12 MW | Gainesville Regional Utilities |
| Florida's Natural Growers | Lake Wales | Polk County | 11 MW | Citrus World Inc |
| Baptist Medical Center | Jacksonville | Duval County | 9 MW | Baptist Memorial Hospital |
| Anheuser-Busch Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Duval County | 9 MW | Anheuser-Busch Inc |
| Cutrale Citrus Juices Usa Ii | Auburndale | Polk County | 8 MW | Cutrale Citrus Juices Usa Inc |
| Cutrale Citrus Juices Usa I | Leesburg | Lake County | 4 MW | Cutrale Citrus Juices Usa Inc |
| Cutler | Miami | Miami Dade County | — | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Higgins | Oldsmar | Pinellas County | — | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| Henry D King | Ft. Pierce | St Lucie County | — | Fort Pierce Utilities Authority |
| Hansel | Kissimmee | Osceola County | — | Kissimmee Utility Authority |
| St Cloud | St. Cloud | Osceola County | — | Orlando Utilities Comm |
| Dinner Lake | Sebring | Highlands County | — | Tampa Electric Co |
| Putnam | East Palatka | Putnam County | — | Florida Power & Light Co |
| Central Energy Plant | Lake Buena Vista | Orange County | — | Central Florida Tourism Oversight District |
| Girvin Landfill | Jacksonville | Duval County | — | Jea |
| Unsited | — | Florida Power & Light Co | ||
| Na 1 | — | Tampa Electric Co | ||
| Unnamed | — | Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc | ||
| Midway | Taylor County | — | Florida Power & Light Co | |
| South West Landfill | Archer | Alachua County | — | Gainesville Regional Utilities |
| Jackson Mill | Duval County | — | Westrock, Fernandina Beach | |
| Partnership Station | Tampa | Hillsborough County | — | Tampa Electric Co |
| Tampa Electric Co Na 2 | Tampa | Hillsborough County | — | Tampa Electric Co |
| Tampa Electric Co Na 3 | Gibsonton | Hillsborough County | — | Tampa Electric Co |
| Tampa Electric Co Na 4 | Unknown | — | Tampa Electric Co | |
| Shady Hills Combined Cycle Facility | Spring Hill | Pasco County | — | Shady Hills Energy Center, Llc |
| South Tampa Resiliency Project | Tampa | Hillsborough County | — | Tampa Electric Co |