Hardee Power Station
Natural gas power plant · Hardee County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
470 MW
Rank in Florida
#42
of 346 plants
In service since
1993
January 1993
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Invenergy Services LLC
- County
- Hardee County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.58%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
- #34 of 65
- EIA plant code
- 50949
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 96 MW | 70 MW | 1993 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 96 MW | 70 MW | 1993 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 96 MW | 78 MW | 1993 | Operating |
| GEN5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 96 MW | 85 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 87 MW | 70 MW | 1993 | Operating |
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 470 MW solar plant and a 470 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