Intercession City

🔥 Natural GasElectric Utility1,197 MW capacity

24th largest plant in Florida · 238th nationally

Intercession City is a natural gas power plant in Florida with a nameplate capacity of 1,197 MW. It generates roughly 271.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 25,860 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 3% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1655 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%3%
Peaking — intermittent or backup
Capacity1,197 MWnameplate
Annual Generation271.5k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor3%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂224.7kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameIntercession City
OperatorDuke Energy Florida, Llc
CityIntercession City
CountyOsceola County
StateFlorida
ZIP33848
Coordinates28.26278, -81.54861

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasSolarBiomass

Generators (14)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
P11Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil149 MWOperating1997
P10Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas104 MWOperating1993
P7Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas104 MWOperating1993
P8Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas104 MWOperating1993
P9Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas104 MWOperating1993
P12Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas98.2 MWOperating2000
P13Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas98.2 MWOperating2000
P14Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas98.2 MWOperating2000
P1Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil56.7 MWOperating1974
P2Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil56.7 MWOperating1974
P3Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil56.7 MWOperating1974
P4Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil56.7 MWOperating1974
P5Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil56.7 MWOperating1974
P6Petroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil56.7 MWOperating1974

Ownership

OwnerLocationShare
Duke Energy Florida, LlcSt. Petersburg, FL6667.0%
Georgia Power CoAtlanta, GA3333.0%

Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.

Emissions (annual)

CO₂224.7k metric tons
SO₂1 metric tons
NOₓ99 metric tons
CO₂ Rate1655 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhThis plant1,655 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 lb/MWh

Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.

Grid context

NERC RegionSERC
Balancing AuthorityProgress Energy Florida

About Natural Gas plants

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.

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