48th largest plant in Florida · 1146th nationally
Santa Rosa Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in Florida with a nameplate capacity of 275 MW. It generates roughly 1.1M MWh per year — enough to power about 107,440 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 47% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 903 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 (275 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 | Santa Rosa Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Santa Rosa Energy Center Llc |
| City | Pace |
| County | Santa Rosa County |
| State | Florida |
| ZIP | 32571 |
| Coordinates | 30.56640, -87.11500 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT01 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 200 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| ST01 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 74.5 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CO₂ | 509.1k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 3 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 135 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 903 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.