Orange Cogeneration Facility
Natural gas power plant · Polk County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
157 MW
Rank in Florida
#52
of 346 plants
In service since
1995
February 1995
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Northern Star Generation Services Co LLC
- County
- Polk County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.19%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
- #43 of 65
- EIA plant code
- 54365
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 60 MW | 43 MW | 1995 | Operating |
| APC2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 60 MW | 43 MW | 1995 | Operating |
| APC3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 37 MW | 25 MW | 1995 | 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
| Bayboro | Other | 227 MW |
| Suwannee River | Natural gas | 198 MW |
| Blackwater River Solar Energy Center | Solar | 149 MW |
| Canoe | Solar | 149 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 157 MW solar plant and a 157 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