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Riviera

Natural gas power plant · Palm Beach County, Florida

Nameplate capacity
1,295 MW
Rank in Florida
#21
of 346 plants
In service since
2014
April 2014

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Florida Power & Light Co
County
Palm Beach County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
1.60%
Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
#17 of 65
EIA plant code
619

Generating units

Individual generating units at Riviera
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
5STNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle500 MW479 MW2014Operating
5ANatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle265 MW271 MW2014Operating
5BNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle265 MW271 MW2014Operating
5CNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle265 MW271 MW2014Operating

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 1,295 MW solar plant and a 1,295 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