C D McIntosh Jr
Natural gas power plant · Polk County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
667 MW
Rank in Florida
#34
of 346 plants
In service since
1970
January 1970
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- City of Lakeland - (FL)
- County
- Polk County
- Generating units
- 12
- Share of state capacity
- 0.82%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
- #27 of 65
- EIA plant code
- 676
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5CT | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 249 MW | 234 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 5ST | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 135 MW | 118 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 130 MW | 120 MW | 2020 | Operating |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 27 MW | 18 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| IC6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2024 | Operating |
| IC7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2024 | Operating |
| IC8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2024 | Operating |
| IC3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| IC4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| IC5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 20 MW | 20 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| IC1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| IC2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1970 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Florida
| Curtis H Stanton Energy Center | Natural gas | 688 MW |
| Arvah B Hopkins | Natural gas | 673 MW |
| Lansing Smith | Natural gas | 662 MW |
| Osprey Energy Center Power Plant | Natural gas | 644 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 667 MW solar plant and a 667 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Florida power plants · What Florida actually generates