BAYBORO

How BAYBORO compares

With 227 MW of capacity, BAYBORO ranks 46th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 3rd of the 8 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 7.6% of Florida's operating Oil capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 22nd-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1973, it is older than 80% of the 108 operating Florida plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, INC, runs 10 operating plants in Florida totaling 11,233 MW. It shares Pinellas County with 2 other operating plants, P L BARTOW and GCS ENERGY RECOVERY OF PINELLAS, INC.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 227 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 3.8 GWh in 2024 (a 0.2% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is LAKE TARPON (500 kV), about 20.8 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 11 operating power plants totaling 8,879 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MANATEE (2,951 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is WOW! Business (Tampa Datacenter) in Tampa, about 16.9 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology