This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Florida, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Florida had a total summer capacity of 66,883 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 258,910 GWh.[1]
Florida is the third largest generator of electricity in the nation behind Texas and Pennsylvania.[2] Major producers include Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy, JEA, and TECO Energy.
In 2020, the average price of electricity in Florida was 10.06 cents per kWh, ranking 21st-highest in the United States. The carbon dioxide produced was 848 lbs per MWh, ranking 24th in the United States. The average price of electricity for residential use was 13.70 cents/kWh in February 2022, compared to 11.92 cents/kWh in February 2021.[3]
See also: Solar power in Florida. As of Q1 2023, Florida has over 11,700 MW of installed solar capacity, including small residential solar.[4] Only projects larger than 10 MW are listed.
Name | data-sort-type="number" | Capacity(MW) | Area (Acres) | Online Date |
| Owner | Ref | |
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Babcock Ranch | Charlotte County | 75 (139 Planned) | 440 | 2016 December | 343,000 | [5] [6] | ||
Balm | 74.5 | 548 | 2018 September | 736,226 | [7] [8] | |||
Barefoot Bay | Brevard County | 74.5 | 462 | 2018 March | ~330,000 | FPL | [9] | |
Big Bend | Hillsborough County | 20 | 106 | 2017 March | 202,300 | TECO | [10] | |
Blue Cypress | Indian River County | 74.5 | 432 | 2018 March | ~330,000 | FPL | [11] | |
Bonnie Mine | Polk County | 37.5 | 352 | 349,439 | TECO | [12] | ||
Citrus | DeSoto County | 74.5 | 841 | 2016 December | FPL | [13] | ||
Coral Farms | Putnam County | 74.5 | 587 | 2018 January | ~330,000 | FPL | [14] | |
CoTAL Solar Farm | Leon County | 20 | ||||||
Debary Solar Power Plant | Volusia County | 74.5 | 445 | 2020 May | 300,000 | Duke Energy | [15] [16] | |
DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center | DeSoto County | 25 (300 Planned) | 235 | 2009 October | 90,000 | FPL | [17] | |
Echo River Solar | Suwannee County | 74.5 | ~500 | ~330,000 | FPL | [18] | ||
FL Solar 4, LLC | Leon County | 42 | ||||||
Fort Drum Solar Energy Center | 74.5 | 840 | June 2021 | 309,120 | FPL | [19] [20] | ||
Grange Hall | Hillsborough County | 61.1 | 447 | 595,213 | TECO | |||
Gulf Coast Solar Center I | Valparaiso | 30 | 240 | 371,325 | [21] | |||
Gulf Coast Solar Center II | Navarre | 40 | 336 | 472,800 | ||||
Gulf Coast Solar Center III | Bellview | 50 | 366 | 599,775 | ||||
Hamilton | Jasper, Florida | 74.9 | 2018 December | Duke | [22] | |||
Hammock | Hendry County | 74.5 | 957 | 2018 March | ~330,000 | FPL | [23] | |
Horizon | Alachua County/Putnam County | 74.5 | 684 | 2018 January | ~330,000 | FPL | [24] | |
Indian River | Indian River County | 74.5 | 695 | 2018 January | ~330,000 | FPL | [25] | |
Interstate Solar | St. Lucie County | 74.5 | 543 | ~330,000 | FPL | [26] | ||
Jacksonville Solar | Duval County | 15 | 100 | 2010 | 200,000 | PSEG Solar Source LLC | [27] | |
Lake Hancock | Polk County | 49.6 | 356 | 467,820 | TECO | [28] | ||
Lithia | Hillsborough County | 74.5 | 580 | 742,194 | TECO | |||
Loggerhead | St. Lucie County | 74.5 | 565 | 2018 March | ~330,000 | FPL | [29] | |
Manatee | Manatee County | 74.5 | 762 | 2016 December | 338,000 | FPL | [30] | |
Miami-Dade | Miami-Dade County | 74.5 | 465 | ~330,000 | FPL | [31] | ||
Northern Preserve Solar | Baker County | 74.5 | FPL | |||||
Payne Creek | Polk County | 70.3 | 503 | 711,012 | TECO | |||
Peace Creek | Polk County | 55.4 | 422 | 467,820 | TECO | |||
Pioneer Trail | Volusia County | 74.5 | 1,219 | 2019 | ~330,000 | FPL | [32] | |
Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center | Brevard County (Kennedy Space Center) | 10 | 60 | 2010 April | 35,000 | [33] | ||
Sunshine Gateway | 74.5 | 953 | 2019 January | ~330,000 | FPL | [34] | ||
Suwannee Solar Facility | 8.8 | 70 | 2017 December | <44,000 | Duke Energy Florida | [35] | ||
Wildflower | DeSoto County | 74.5 | 721 | 2018 January | ~330,000 | FPL | [36] |
Name | data-sort-type="number" | Capacity(MW) | Area (Acres) | Online Date |
| Owner | Ref | ||
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Martin County | 75 | 500 | 2010 December | 6,864 (192,192 mirrors) | FPL | [37] |
Name | data-sort-type="number" | Net SummerCapacity (MW) | Owner | Ref | |
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Jim Woodruff Dam | Chattahoochee | 43.5 | USACE - Mobile District |
Total estimated capacity: 36,359 MW
Name | data-sort-type="number" | Capacity (MW) | Details | Ref |
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Anclote | 1013 | 2-Unit Natural Gas Steam | [38] | |
Arvah B. Hopkins | 484.5 | 2-Unit Fossil Steam; Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine; Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle; Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | [39] | |
Avon Park | 24 | 2-Unit Combustion Turbine | ||
Bartow | 1133 | Combined Cycle (4 Gas, 1 Steam Turbine) & 4 Combustion Turbines | [40] | |
Big Bend Power Station | 56 | 4-Unit Coal, 3-Unit Combustion Turbine Peaking | [41] | |
Brandy Branch Generating Station | 710 | 170 MW simple-cycle natural gas combustion turbine, 2-on-1 combined cycle unit consisting of two 170 MW natural gas combustion turbines and 200 MW steam turbine-electric generator | [42] | |
C.D. McIntosh Power Plant | 360 | Combined Cycle Natural Gas | [43] | |
Cape Canaveral | 1290 | Unit 1 (3X1 Combine Cycle)Gas/Oil | ||
Citrus Combined Cycle Plant | 1640 | 820 MW natural gas combined-cycle turbines (2 units) | ||
Reworld Lee | 57.4 | Two 600 ton-per-day (TPD) waterwall furnaces and one 636 TPD with Martin® reverse-reciprocating grates and ash handling system | ||
1610 | 700 MW fossil-fuel fired generators (2 units) | [44] [45] | ||
DeBary | 237 | 10-Unit Combustion Turbine | [46] | |
Deerhaven Generating Station | 185 | Simple-cycle combustion turbine | [47] | |
Fort Myers | 2378 | Combine Cycle (6 x 2) 2 Peaking Units : 2 Gas/Oil, | ||
George E. Turner Power Plant | 147 | Combustion Turbine | ||
H.L. Culbreath Bay Side | 1854 | Natural Gas | [48] | |
Higgins | 114 | 4-Unit Combustion Turbine | ||
Hines Energy Complex | 2054 | 4-Unit Combined Cycle | ||
Indian River Power Plant | 290 | Converted to natural gas, waiting state approval to operate in 2015 | [49] | |
Intercession City | 534 | 14-Unit Combustion Turbine | ||
J.H. Phillips | 36 | 2-Unit Oil-fired | [50] | |
J. D. Kennedy Generating Station | 357.2 | 1-Unit Oil/Gas Combustion Turbine, 3 peaking units | ||
Lansing Smith Electric Generating Plant | 543 | 2-on-1 natural gas combined-cycle (1 unit) | [51] | |
Larsen Memorial | 124 | Natural Gas, Diesel Back-Up | [52] | |
Lauderdale | 1223.6 | 2(2x1 Combine Cycle) with 2 Units maGas/Oil | ||
Manatee | 1224 | 4-on-1 combined-cycle consisting of four 170 MW combustion turbines with 470 MW steam turbine-electric generator | [53] | |
Martin Power Plant | 2209 | 500 MW 2-on-1 combined-cycle generators (2 units), 1100 MW 4-on-1 combined-cycle generator | [54] [55] | |
Northside Generating Station | 524 | 3-Unit Steam, 4-Unit Diesel Peaking | ||
Osprey Energy Center | 583 | 1-Unit: combined-cycle | [56] | |
Payne Creek Generating Station | 350 | Gas-Fired Combined Cycle | ||
Pea Ridge | 12 | 5 MW natural-gas generators (3 units) | [57] [58] | |
Pensacola Florida Plant | 98 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine; Natural Gas Steam Turbine | ||
Polk Power Plant | 1281 | Unit 1 Integrated Coal Gasification Combined-Cycle, Units 2&3 Gas/Oil Combustion Turbine, Units 4&5 Natural Gas | [59] [60] | |
Port Everglades | 1237 | 12 Unit Gas/Oil - repowered to 1 3x1 Gas/Oil unit | [61] | |
Rio Pinar | 12 | Oil-Fired Peaker 1-Unit Combustion Turbine | ||
Riviera | 1290 | 1 Unit Gas/Oil (3x1 Combine Cycle) | ||
S. O. Purdom | 226 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | [62] | |
Sanford | 2352 | 2 4x1 Units Gas | ||
Santa Rosa Energy Center | 235.9 | 1-Unit: combined-cycle | [63] | |
Standby Generation Plant | 14 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | ||
Stanton Energy Center | 295 | Unit A&B Combined Cycle, Units 1&2 Coal, 6 MW Solar farm | [64] [65] [66] | |
Sub 12 | 18.6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | ||
Suwannee River | 99 | 3-Unit Combustion Turbine | ||
Tiger Bay Cogeneration Facility | 200 | Combustion turbine, heat recovery steam turbine generator, and steam generation boiler | [67] | |
Tom G. Smith Power Plant | 57.5 | 30 MW combined-cycle generator | [68] | |
Treasure Coast Energy Center | 318 | 1-Unit Natural Gas | [69] | |
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant | 1253 | 1 combined-cycle gas-fired turbine | ||
University of Florida | 42.5 | 1-Unit Combustion Turbine | ||
Vero Beach | 117 | |||
West County Energy Center | 3756 | 1250 MW 3-on-1 natural gas-fired combined cycle turbines (3 units) | [70] |
Total estimated capacity: 3626 MW
Name | Net SummerCapacity (MW) | Details | Ref | |
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St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant | 1968 | 2 × C-E 2-loop nuclear PWR | ||
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant | 1658 | 2 × Westinghouse 3-loop nuclear PWR | [71] |
Total estimated capacity: 3355 MW
Name | Net SummerCapacity (MW) | Details | Ref | |
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Avon Park | 24 | |||
Bayboro | 171 | |||
C. D. Macintosh Jr. | 5 | |||
DeBary | 322 | |||
Field Street | 44 | |||
Fort Myers | 108 | |||
Intercession City | 417 | |||
Lansing Smith Electric Generating Plant | 32 | |||
Manatee | 1618 | |||
Marathon Generating Plant | 11 | |||
Northside Generating Station | 212 | |||
P. L. Bartow | 82 | |||
Polk Power Plant | 59 | |||
Stock Island | 114.5 | |||
Suwannee River | 50 | 3-Unit Oil-fired Steam | ||
Tom G. Smith | 36 | |||
Winston | 50 |
Total estimated capacity: 7472 MW
Name | Net SummerCapacity (MW) | Opening Date | Scheduled Retirement | Details | Ref | |
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Big Bend Power Station | 1602 | Unit 1: 1970 (445.5 MW) Unit 2: 1973 (445.5 MW) Unit 3: 1976 (445.5 MW) Unit 4: 1985 (486.0 MW) | 2021 - Unit 2 | Unit 1 is scheduled to switch to natural gas before 2023 | [72] | |
Crystal River Energy Complex | 1422 | Unit 1: 1966 (440.5 MW) Unit 2: 1969 (523.8 MW) Unit 4: 1982 (739.2 MW) Unit 5: 1984 (739.2 MW) | Units 1 and 2 were retired in December 2018 Unit 3 is listed under "Decommissioned stations and units" (Nuclear) | [73] | ||
Deerhaven Generating Station | 232 | Unit 2: 1981 (250.7 MW) | [74] | |||
James F. Crist Generating Plant | 924 | Unit 4: 1959 (93.7 MW) Unit 5: 1961 (93.7 MW) Unit 6: 1970 (369.7 MW) Unit 7: 1973 (578.0 MW) | 2025 - Unit 4 2027 - Unit 5 | Units 4 and 5 were retired from coal after Hurricane Sally Nov 2020[75] Units 6 and 7 were converted from coal-fired to gas-fired in 2020 | [76] | |
Northside Generating Station | 586 | Unit 1: 1966 (297.5 MW) Unit 2: 1972 (297.5 MW) | [77] | |||
Polk Power Plant | 161 | Unit 1: 1996 (192.9 MW) | [78] | |||
Seminole Generating Station | 1309 | Unit 1: 1984 (735.9 MW) Unit 2: 1985 (735.9 MW) | [79] | |||
Stanton Energy Center | 894 | Unit 1: 1987 (464.5 MW) Unit 2: 1996 (464.5 MW) | 2040 | Both units will convert to natural gas before the end of 2027 | [80] |
Name | City | NameplateCapacity (MW) | Owner | Details | Ref | |
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C. H. Corn | Lake Talquin | 12 | City of Tallahassee | [81] | ||
Crystal River Energy Complex | Crystal River | 1855 | Duke Energy | Coal (2 units), Babcock & Wilcox nuclear PWR (1 unit) | [82] | |
Indiantown Cogeneration LP | Indiantown | 330 | Florida Power & Light | [83] | ||
St. Johns River Power Park | Jacksonville | 1264 | FPL, JEA | Coal/petroleum coke (whole plant; 2 units) | [84] | |
Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station | Homestead | 808 | Florida Power & Light | Foster-Wheeler gas/oil turbines (2 units) |
Name | City | Owner(s) | Primary Fuel | data-sort-type="number" | Net Summer Capacity (MW) | NameplateCapacity (MW) | Status | Ref |
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Anclote | Holiday | Duke Energy | natural gas | 1013 | 1112.4 | |||
Anheuser-Busch Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Anheuser-Busch Inc | natural gas | 8.7 | 8.7 | |||
Arvah B. Hopkins | Tallahassee | City of Tallahassee | natural gas | 484.1 | 673.1 | |||
Avon Park | Avon Park | Duke Energy | natural gas | 48 | 67.4 | |||
Bayboro | St. Petersburg | Duke Energy | petroleum | 171 | 227 | |||
Baptist Medical Center | Jacksonville | Baptist Memorial Hospital | natural gas | 8.1 | 9 | |||
Big Bend Power Station | Apollo Beach | TECO | coal | 1677 | 1904 | |||
Brandy Branch Generating Station | Baldwin | JEA | natural gas | 743.2 | 783.1 | |||
C. D. McIntosh Jr. | Lakeland | City of Lakeland | natural gas | 807 | 890.4 | |||
C. H. Corn | Lake Talquin | City of Tallahassee | hydroelectric | 12 | ||||
Cane Island | Intercession City | Kissimmee Utility Authority | natural gas | 679 | 706 | |||
Cape Canaveral | Cocoa | FPL | natural gas | 1290 | 1295 | |||
Central Energy Plant | Lake Buena Vista | Reedy Creek Improvement Dist | natural gas | 56 | 70 | |||
Crystal River Energy Complex | Crystal River | Duke Energy | natural gas | 3032 | 3449 | |||
Curtis H. Stanton Energy Center | Orlando | Stanton Clean Energy | natural gas | 657 | 688.3 | |||
Cutrale Citrus Juices USA I | Leesburg | Cutrale Citrus Juices USA Inc | natural gas | 4.3 | 4.1 | |||
Cutrale Citrus Juices USA II | Auburndale | Cutrale Citrus Juices USA Inc | natural gas | 8.6 | 8.2 | |||
DeBary | DeBary | Duke Energy | petroleum | 559 | 748 | |||
Deerhaven Generating Station | Gainesville | Gainesville Regional Utilities | coal | 417 | 471 | |||
Eight Flags Energy | Fernandina Beach | Eight Flags Energy LLC | natural gas | 21.3 | 21.6 | |||
Field Street | New Smyrna Beach | New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission | petroleum | 44 | 48 | |||
Florida's Natural Growers | Lake Wales | Citrus World Inc | natural gas | 8.3 | 10.7 | |||
Fort Myers | Ft. Myers | FPL | natural gas | 2746 | 2680.9 | |||
G. W. Ivey | Homestead | City of Homestead | natural gas | 32.7 | 35.7 | |||
Greenland Energy Center | Jacksonville | JEA | natural gas | 357.2 | 380.8 | |||
H. L. Culbreath Bayside Power Station | Tampa | Tampa Electric Co | natural gas | 1854 | 2294 | |||
Hardee Power Station | Bowling Green | Invenergy Services LLC | natural gas | 373 | 470.1 | |||
Hines Energy Complex | Bartow | Duke Energy | natural gas | 2054 | 2234 | |||
Indian River Plant | Titusville | OUC | natural gas | 290 | 342.8 | |||
Indiantown Cogeneration LP | Indiantown | FPL | coal | 330 | 395 | |||
Intercession City | Intercession City | Duke Energy | natural gas | 951 | 1197.3 | |||
J. D. Kennedy | Jacksonville | JEA | natural gas | 357.2 | 370 | |||
Jim Woodruff Dam | Chattahoochee | USACE - Mobile District | hydroelectric | 43.5 | 43.5 | |||
James F. Crist Generating Plant | Pensacola | Gulf Power Company | coal | 924 | 1135 | |||
John R. Kelly | Gainesville | Gainesville Regional Utilities | natural gas | 112 | 146.1 | |||
Lansing Smith Electric Generating Plant | Southport | Gulf Power Company | natural gas | 543 | 661.5 | |||
Larsen Memorial | Lakeland | City of Lakeland | natural gas | 124 | 133.6 | |||
Lauderdale | Ft. Lauderdale | FPL | natural gas | 1223.6 | 1215.9 | |||
Manatee | Parrish | FPL | petroleum | 2842 | 2951 | |||
Martin Power Plant | Indiantown | FPL | natural gas | 2209 | 2448.5 | |||
Midulla Generating Station | Bowling Green | Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc | natural gas | 816 | 897 | |||
Mulberry Cogeneration Facility | Bartow | Northern Star Generation Services Co LLC | natural gas | 115 | 125.3 | |||
Northside Generating Station | Jacksonville | JEA | petroleum | 1322 | 1407 | |||
Okeechobee Clean Energy Center | Okeechobee | FPL | natural gas | 1723.1 | 1723.1 | |||
Oleander Power Project LP | Cocoa | Oleander Holdings LLC | natural gas | 815.8 | 994.4 | |||
Orange Cogeneration Facility | Bartow | Northern Star Generation Services Co LLC | natural gas | 110.6 | 136.6 | |||
Orlando Cogen LP | Orlando | Orlando CoGen Ltd LP | natural gas | 120 | 122.4 | |||
Osceola | St. Cloud | GenOn Florida, LP | natural gas | 471 | 600 | |||
Osprey Energy Center Power Plant | Auburndale | CPN, Duke Energy | natural gas | 583 | 644.2 | |||
P. L. Bartow | St. Petersburg | Duke Energy | natural gas | 1337 | 1475.6 | |||
Pea Ridge | Pace | Gulf Power Company | natural gas | 12 | 14.1 | |||
Pensacola Florida Plant | Cantonment | Ascend Performance Materials LLC | natural gas | 98 | 102 | |||
Polk Power Plant | Mulberry | Tampa Electric Co | natural gas | 1281 | 1492.5 | |||
Port Everglades | Ft. Lauderdale | FPL | natural gas | 1237 | 1352 | |||
Riviera | Riviera Beach | FPL | natural gas | 1290 | 1295 | |||
S. O. Purdom | St. Marks | City of Tallahassee | natural gas | 226 | 270.1 | |||
Sanford | DeBary | FPL | natural gas | 2352 | 2377.8 | |||
Santa Rosa Energy Center | Pace | Santa Rosa Energy Center | natural gas | 235.9 | 274.5 | |||
Seminole Generating Station | Palatka | Seminole Electric Cooperative | coal | 1309 | 1472 | |||
Seminole Mill | Jacksonville | RockTenn-Seminole | natural gas | 20 | 30 | |||
Shady Hills Generating Station | Shady Hills | Shady Hills Power Co LLC | natural gas | 463.2 | 541.2 | |||
South Energy Center | Gainesville | Gainesville Regional Utilities | natural gas | 11.7 | 11.5 | |||
St. Johns River Power Park | Jacksonville | FPL, JEA | coal | 632 | ||||
St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant | Hutchinson Island | FPL, OUC, Florida Municipal Power Agency | nuclear | 1968 | 2160 | |||
Standby Generation Plant | Pensacola | Pensacola Christian College | natural gas | 13.7 | 13.7 | |||
Stanton Energy Center | Orlando | OUC, Southern Power, others | coal | 1189 | 1262 | |||
Sub 12 | Tallahassee | City of Tallahassee | natural gas | 18.6 | 18.6 | |||
Suwannee River | Live Oak | Duke Energy | natural gas | 149 | 197.7 | |||
Tiger Bay | Ft. Meade | Duke Energy | natural gas | 200 | 278.1 | |||
Tom G. Smith | Lake Worth | City of Lake Worth | natural gas | 93.5 | 98.7 | |||
Treasure Coast Energy Center | Ft. Pierce | Fort Pierce Utilities Authority | natural gas | 318 | 411.4 | |||
Tropicana Products Bradenton | Bradenton | Tropicana Products Inc | natural gas | 31 | 46.8 | |||
Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station | Homestead | FPL | nuclear | 2911 | 2861 | |||
University of Florida | Gainesville | Duke Energy | natural gas | 42.5 | 54.2 | |||
Vandolah Power Station | Wauchula | Vandolah Power Co LLC | natural gas | 658 | 728 | |||
West County Energy Center | Loxahatchee | FPL | natural gas | 3756 | 4263 | |||
Winston | Lakeland | City of Lakeland | petroleum | 50 | 50 | |||
Bartow | St. Petersburg | Duke Energy | natural gas | 1133 | ||||
Citrus Combined Cycle Plant | Crystal River | Duke Energy | natural gas | 1640 | ||||
Reworld Lee | Fort Myers | Reworld / Lee County | natural gas | 57.4 | ||||
George E. Turner Power Plant | Enterprise | Duke Energy | natural gas | 147 | ||||
Higgins | Oldsmar | Duke Energy | natural gas | 114 | ||||
J.H. Phillips | Sebring | TECO | natural gas | 36 | ||||
Northside Generating Station | Jacksonville | JEA | natural gas | 524 | ||||
Payne Creek Generating Station | Wauchula | Seminole Electric Cooperative | natural gas | 350 | ||||
Rio Pinar | Orlando | Duke Energy | natural gas | 12 | ||||
Vero Beach | Vero Beach Municipal Utilities | natural gas | 117 |