Power Plants in Florida

Florida's power sector in numbers

Bywatts maps 110 operating power plants with 63.2 GW of nameplate capacity in Florida. Natural Gas leads with 71% of that capacity across 55 plants, followed by Coal (18%) and Oil (5%). The inventory also includes 51 plants (5.0 GW) that EIA-860 lists as retired and 9 never built; the largest retired plant is ST JOHNS RIVER POWER PARK (1,358 MW, retired 2018).

The largest operating plants are MARTIN (4,318 MW, Natural Gas, FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO), WEST COUNTY ENERGY CENTER (4,263 MW, Natural Gas, FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO) and TURKEY POINT (3,796 MW, Natural Gas, FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO).

Of the 108 operating plants with a recorded commissioning year, 40 came online in 2000 or later and 17 in 2010 or later; the busiest decade for new capacity was the 1970s (21.0 GW).

The largest operators by operating capacity are FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO (13 plants, 25.8 GW), DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, INC (10 plants, 11.2 GW) and TAMPA ELECTRIC CO (3 plants, 5.2 GW).

Retail electricity sales in Florida reached 257.9 TWh in 2025, up 9.5% over ten years and up 1.1% year on year; residential customers took 54.3% of it. The average retail price across all sectors was 13.34 cents per kWh, up 27.1% since 2015.

The database also maps 254 named substations (3 of the 89 with a recorded voltage are rated 345 kV or above), 13 data centers (operators include Equinix, 365 Data Centers and Biznesshosting, Inc. DBA VOLICO), 92 solar installers and 133 solar companies in Florida.

Operating capacity by fuel

Retail electricity sales

Sources: HIFLD power-plant inventory (capacity, fuel, operator), EIA-860 (commissioning year, retirements, operable capacity), EIA retail sales and revenue series through January 2026. Counts are of plants Bywatts lists, not every generator in the state.