34th largest plant in Florida · 547th nationally
Lansing Smith is a natural gas power plant in Florida with a nameplate capacity of 662 MW. It generates roughly 4.2M MWh per year — enough to power about 398,523 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 72% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 843 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (662 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Lansing Smith |
|---|---|
| Operator | Florida Power & Light Co |
| City | Southport |
| County | Bay County |
| State | Florida |
| ZIP | 32409 |
| Coordinates | 30.26860, -85.70030 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3S | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 213 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| 3A | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 203 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| 3B | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 203 MW | Operating | 2002 |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 190 MW | Retired | 1967 |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 150 MW | Retired | 1965 |
| CT1 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 41.8 MW | Operating | 1971 |
| CO₂ | 1.8M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 9 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 405 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 843 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.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Florida Power & Light Company |
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.