Suwannee River
Natural gas power plant · Suwannee County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
198 MW
Rank in Florida
#51
of 346 plants
In service since
1980
October 1980
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Duke Energy Florida, LLC
- County
- Suwannee County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.24%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
- #42 of 65
- EIA plant code
- 638
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 66 MW | 48 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| P2 | Petroleum Liquids | 66 MW | 48 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| P3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 66 MW | 49 MW | 1980 | 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
| S O Purdom | Natural gas | 270 MW |
| Bayboro | Other | 227 MW |
| Orange Cogeneration Facility | Natural gas | 157 MW |
| Blackwater River Solar Energy Center | Solar | 149 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 198 MW solar plant and a 198 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