Nameplate capacity
1,458 MW
Rank in Florida
#16
of 346 plants
In service since
1996
September 1996
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Tampa Electric Co
- County
- Polk County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 1.80%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
- #12 of 65
- EIA plant code
- 7242
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2CC | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 513 MW | 461 MW | 2017 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | 150 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 199 MW | 150 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| 1CT | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 195 MW | 177 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 176 MW | 150 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 176 MW | 150 MW | 2002 | 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
| Okeechobee Clean Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,723 MW |
| P L Bartow | Natural gas | 1,476 MW |
| Dania Beach 7 | Natural gas | 1,448 MW |
| Northside Generating Station | Natural gas | 1,407 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 1,458 MW solar plant and a 1,458 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