47th largest plant in Florida · 1136th nationally
Tiger Bay is a natural gas power plant in Florida with a nameplate capacity of 278 MW. It generates roughly 1.1M MWh per year — enough to power about 107,192 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 46% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 865 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 (278 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 | Tiger Bay |
|---|---|
| Operator | Duke Energy Florida, Llc |
| City | Ft. Meade |
| County | Polk County |
| State | Florida |
| ZIP | 33841 |
| Coordinates | 27.74637, -81.84945 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 195 MW | Operating | 1997 |
| CW1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 82.9 MW | Operating | 1997 |
| CO₂ | 486.7k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 159 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 865 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 | Progress Energy Florida |
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.