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H L Culbreath Bayside Power Station

Natural gas power plant · Hillsborough County, Florida

Nameplate capacity

2,294 MW

Rank in Florida

of 346 plants

In service since

1965

November 1965

Details

Primary fuel: Natural gas
Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator: Tampa Electric Co
County: Hillsborough County
Generating units: 13
Share of state capacity: 2.83%
Rank among natural gas plants in Florida: #6 of 65
EIA plant code: 7873

Generating units

Individual generating units at H L Culbreath Bayside Power Station
Unit	Technology	Nameplate	Summer	Online	Status
2ST	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	446 MW	329 MW	1967	Operating
1ST	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	239 MW	245 MW	1965	Operating
1A	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	190 MW	168 MW	2003	Operating
1B	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	190 MW	168 MW	2003	Operating
1C	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	190 MW	168 MW	2003	Operating
2A	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	190 MW	168 MW	2004	Operating
2B	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	190 MW	168 MW	2004	Operating
2C	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	190 MW	168 MW	2004	Operating
2D	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	190 MW	168 MW	2004	Operating
3	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	70 MW	56 MW	2009	Operating
4	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	70 MW	56 MW	2009	Operating
5	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	70 MW	56 MW	2009	Operating
6	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	70 MW	56 MW	2009	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

Martin	Natural gas	2,449 MW
Sanford	Natural gas	2,378 MW
Hines Energy Complex	Natural gas	2,266 MW
St Lucie	Nuclear	2,160 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 2,294 MW solar plant and a 2,294 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