Larsen Memorial
Natural gas power plant · Polk County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
134 MW
Rank in Florida
#62
of 346 plants
In service since
1956
April 1956
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- City of Lakeland - (FL)
- County
- Polk County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.16%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
- #45 of 65
- EIA plant code
- 675
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 86 MW | 115 MW | 1992 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 25 MW | 30 MW | 1956 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 11 MW | 10 MW | 1962 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 11 MW | 9.0 MW | 1962 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| John R Kelly | Natural gas | 142 MW |
| Mosaic New Wales Operations | Other | 136 MW |
| Okeelanta Cogeneration | Other | 129 MW |
| Mulberry Cogeneration Facility | Natural gas | 128 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 134 MW solar plant and a 134 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