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Sanford

Natural gas power plant · Volusia County, Florida

Nameplate capacity
2,378 MW
Rank in Florida
#7
of 346 plants
In service since
1969
July 1969

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Florida Power & Light Co
County
Volusia County
Generating units
10
Share of state capacity
2.93%
Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
#5 of 65
EIA plant code
620

Generating units

Individual generating units at Sanford
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
4Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle436 MW388 MW1969Operating
5Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle436 MW388 MW1974Operating
4ANatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2002Operating
4BNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2002Operating
4CNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2002Operating
4DNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2003Operating
5ANatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2002Operating
5BNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2002Operating
5CNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2002Operating
5DNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle188 MW197 MW2002Operating

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

Fort MyersNatural gas2,681 MW
MartinNatural gas2,449 MW
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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 2,378 MW solar plant and a 2,378 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