G W IVEY

How G W IVEY compares

With 58 MW of capacity, G W IVEY ranks 67th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 41st of the 55 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.1% of Florida's operating Natural Gas capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 779th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1970, it is older than 85% of the 108 operating Florida plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Miami-Dade County with 3 other operating plants, including TURKEY POINT and SOUTH DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLT.

EIA-860 lists 11 generators at the site with 36 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas internal combustion engine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 58 MW). The plant was a net consumer of electricity in 2024 (-3.3 GWh). Its generators came online between 1970 and 2013.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is TURKEY POINT (230 kV), about 8.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 2 operating power plants totaling 3,799 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is TURKEY POINT (3,796 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Miami (MIA1) in Miami, about 22.6 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