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Winston

Other power plant · Polk County, Florida

Nameplate capacity
50 MW
Rank in Florida
#249
of 346 plants
In service since
2001
December 2001

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
City of Lakeland - (FL)
County
Polk County
Generating units
20
Share of state capacity
0.06%
Rank among other plants in Florida
#19 of 41
EIA plant code
7997

Generating units

Individual generating units at Winston
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
WD01Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD02Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD03Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD04Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD05Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD06Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD07Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD08Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD09Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD10Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD11Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD12Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD13Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD14Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD15Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD16Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD17Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD18Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD19Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating
WD20Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW2001Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 50 MW solar plant and a 50 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