S O Purdom
Natural gas power plant · Wakulla County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
270 MW
Rank in Florida
#49
of 346 plants
In service since
2000
July 2000
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- City of Tallahassee - (FL)
- County
- Wakulla County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.33%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
- #41 of 65
- EIA plant code
- 689
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 180 MW | 150 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 9 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 90 MW | 72 MW | 2000 | 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
| Tiger Bay | Natural gas | 278 MW |
| Santa Rosa Energy Center | Natural gas | 275 MW |
| Bayboro | Other | 227 MW |
| Suwannee River | Natural gas | 198 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 270 MW solar plant and a 270 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