Vandolah Power Station
Natural gas power plant · Hardee County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
728 MW
Rank in Florida
#30
of 346 plants
In service since
2002
June 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Vandolah Power Co LLC
- County
- Hardee County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.90%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
- #23 of 65
- EIA plant code
- 55415
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G101 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 182 MW | 166 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| G201 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 182 MW | 166 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| G301 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 182 MW | 166 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| G401 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 182 MW | 164 MW | 2002 | 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
| Brandy Branch | Natural gas | 783 MW |
| DeBary | Other | 748 MW |
| Cane Island | Natural gas | 706 MW |
| Curtis H Stanton Energy Center | Natural gas | 688 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 728 MW solar plant and a 728 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