Power Plants in Florida

Florida's generating fleet holds 81 gigawatts of nameplate capacity, ranking third among the 50 states and DC. The state operates 344 of its 346 plants in service as of August 2026. This capacity is what the equipment could produce running flat out; actual generation differs, because a megawatt of solar and a megawatt of nuclear generate very different amounts of electricity over a year.

Natural gas dominates the fleet at 55,867 megawatts, or 69% of state capacity, spread across 67 plants. Solar makes up 17.3% with 13,998 megawatts across 225 installations. Nuclear, coal, and other fuels together account for the remainder: nuclear at 6.3%, other sources at 3.4%, coal at 3.3%, battery storage at 0.7%, and hydro at 0.1%. The largest plant by far is the West County Energy Center, a natural gas facility in Palm Beach County with 4,263 megawatts. Other major plants include the Crystal River natural gas station in Citrus County at 3,449 megawatts, Turkey Point nuclear plant in Miami Dade County at 2,978 megawatts, the Manatee natural gas plant at 2,951 megawatts, and Fort Myers in Lee County at 2,681 megawatts.

The fleet spans from the Fernandina Plant, which came online in September 1950, to the Jumper Creek Solar Plant in April 2026. Plant counts include everything EIA tracks down to sub-megawatt backup generators, so the number of installations does not itself indicate fleet size; capacity is the measure that matters.