🔥 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
Where natural gas plants sit in Florida
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 |