Port Everglades

🔥 Natural GasElectric Utility1,352 MW capacity

20th largest plant in Florida · 184th nationally

Port Everglades is a natural gas power plant in Florida with a nameplate capacity of 1,352 MW. It generates roughly 5.6M MWh per year — enough to power about 536,443 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 48% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 793 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%48%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 130.2k MWh (13% of capacity)JFeb: 434.8k MWh (48% of capacity)FMar: 338.9k MWh (34% of capacity)MApr: 459.4k MWh (47% of capacity)AMay: 636.2k MWh (63% of capacity)MJun: 404.9k MWh (42% of capacity)JJul: 628.4k MWh (62% of capacity)JAug: 640.2k MWh (64% of capacity)ASep: 610.6k MWh (63% of capacity)SOct: 568.8k MWh (57% of capacity)ONov: 468.4k MWh (48% of capacity)NDec: 476.3k MWh (47% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (1,352 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.

Capacity1,352 MWnameplate
Annual Generation5.6M MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor48%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂2.2Mmetric tons

Location

Plant NamePort Everglades
OperatorFlorida Power & Light Co
CityFt. Lauderdale
CountyBroward County
StateFlorida
ZIP33316
Coordinates26.08560, -80.12530

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

Natural GasSolarBiomass

Generators (20)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
5STNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas464 MWOperating2016
ST3Petroleum LiquidsResidual Oil402 MWRetired1964
ST4Petroleum LiquidsResidual Oil402 MWRetired1965
5ANatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas296 MWOperating2016
5BNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas296 MWOperating2016
5CNatural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas296 MWOperating2016
ST1Petroleum LiquidsResidual Oil248 MWRetired1960
ST2Petroleum LiquidsResidual Oil248 MWRetired1961
10Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
11Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
12Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
6Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
7Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
8Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
9Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
GT1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
GT2Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
GT3Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
GT4Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971
GT5Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas34.2 MWRetired1971

Emissions (annual)

CO₂2.2M metric tons
SO₂11 metric tons
NOₓ144 metric tons
CO₂ Rate793 lb/MWh
This plant792 lb/MWhU.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 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 AuthorityFlorida Power & Light Company

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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