Santa Rosa Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Santa Rosa County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
275 MW
Rank in Florida
#48
of 346 plants
In service since
2003
June 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Santa Rosa Energy Center LLC
- County
- Santa Rosa County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.34%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
- #40 of 65
- EIA plant code
- 55242
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT01 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 200 MW | 161 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| ST01 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 75 MW | 75 MW | 2003 | 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
| Indian River Plant | Natural gas | 343 MW |
| Tiger Bay | Natural gas | 278 MW |
| S O Purdom | Natural gas | 270 MW |
| Bayboro | Other | 227 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 275 MW solar plant and a 275 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