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Fort Myers

Natural gas power plant · Lee County, Florida

Nameplate capacity
2,681 MW
Rank in Florida
#5
of 346 plants
In service since
1958
November 1958

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Florida Power & Light Co
County
Lee County
Generating units
14
Share of state capacity
3.31%
Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
#3 of 65
EIA plant code
612

Generating units

Individual generating units at Fort Myers
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
ST2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle436 MW459 MW1969Operating
PFM3CNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine230 MW231 MW2016Operating
PFM3DNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine230 MW231 MW2016Operating
2ANatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW200 MW2000Operating
2BNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2000Operating
2CNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2000Operating
2DNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2001Operating
2ENatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2001Operating
2FNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2001Operating
CT1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine188 MW182 MW2003Operating
CT2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine188 MW182 MW2003Operating
ST1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle156 MW156 MW1958Operating
9Petroleum Liquids62 MW54 MW1974Operating
GT1Petroleum Liquids62 MW54 MW1974Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 2,681 MW solar plant and a 2,681 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