242nd largest plant in Florida · 5225th nationally
Pea Ridge is a natural gas power plant in Florida with a nameplate capacity of 14.1 MW. It generates roughly 88.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 8,418 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 72% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 2306 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Pea Ridge |
|---|---|
| Operator | Florida Power & Light Co |
| City | Pace |
| County | Santa Rosa County |
| State | Florida |
| ZIP | 32571 |
| Coordinates | 30.59208, -87.13539 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.7 MW | Operating | 1998 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.7 MW | Operating | 1998 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 4.7 MW | Operating | 1998 |
| CO₂ | 101.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 3 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 279 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 2306 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.