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Tom G Smith

Other power plant · Palm Beach County, Florida

Nameplate capacity

99 MW

Rank in Florida

#73

of 346 plants

In service since

1965

December 1965

Details

Primary fuel: Other
Technology: Petroleum Liquids
Operator: City of Lake Worth Beach - (FL)
County: Palm Beach County
Generating units: 9
Share of state capacity: 0.12%
Rank among other plants in Florida: #8 of 41
EIA plant code: 673

Generating units

Individual generating units at Tom G Smith
Unit	Technology	Nameplate	Summer	Online	Status
GT1	Petroleum Liquids	31 MW	26 MW	1976	Operating
S3	Natural Gas Steam Turbine	27 MW	27 MW	1967	Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
GT2	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	21 MW	21 MW	1978	Operating
S5	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	10 MW	10 MW	1978	Operating
MU1	Petroleum Liquids	2.0 MW	2.0 MW	1965	Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
MU2	Petroleum Liquids	2.0 MW	2.0 MW	1965	Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
MU3	Petroleum Liquids	2.0 MW	2.0 MW	1965	Operating
MU4	Petroleum Liquids	2.0 MW	2.0 MW	1965	Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
MU5	Petroleum Liquids	2.0 MW	2.0 MW	1965	Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

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

Sunshine Gateway Solar Energy Center	Solar	105 MW
Pensacola Florida Plant	Natural gas	102 MW
Fernandina Beach Mill	Other	97 MW
Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility 2	Other	96 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 99 MW solar plant and a 99 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