C D MCINTOSH JR

How C D MCINTOSH JR compares

With 994 MW of capacity, C D MCINTOSH JR ranks 24th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 7th of the 8 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 8.6% of Florida's operating Coal capacity and 1.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 116th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1970, it is older than 85% of the 108 operating Florida plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CITY OF LAKELAND - (FL), runs 3 operating plants in Florida totaling 1,193 MW. It shares Polk County with 13 other operating plants, including HINES ENERGY COMPLEX and POLK.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 9 generators at the site with 607 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 994 MW). Net generation was 2,345 GWh in 2024. Its generators came online between 1970 and 2024.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GRIFFIN (230 kV), about 7.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 13 operating power plants totaling 4,928 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HINES ENERGY COMPLEX (2,263 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is The Franklin Exchange Tampa in Tampa, about 33.9 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