BRANDY BRANCH

How BRANDY BRANCH compares

With 783 MW of capacity, BRANDY BRANCH ranks 27th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 17th of the 55 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.8% of Florida's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 159th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is newer than 64% of the 108 operating Florida plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, JEA, runs 4 operating plants in Florida totaling 2,941 MW. It shares Duval County with 9 other operating plants, including NORTHSIDE GENERATING STATION and GREENLAND ENERGY CENTER.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 783 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 5,215 GWh in 2024 (a 76% capacity factor), up 7% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2001 and 2005.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by JEA, under 0.1 miles away. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 1,849 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NORTHSIDE GENERATING STATION (1,407 MW, Oil). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, SBA Edge - Jacksonville (JAX) in Jacksonville, about 17.0 miles away.

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