H L CULBREATH BAYSIDE POWER STATION

How H L CULBREATH BAYSIDE POWER STATION compares

With 2,294 MW of capacity, H L CULBREATH BAYSIDE POWER STATION ranks 8th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 7th of the 55 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 5.1% of Florida's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 10th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1965, it is older than 90% of the 108 operating Florida plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, TAMPA ELECTRIC CO, runs 3 operating plants in Florida totaling 5,208 MW. It shares Hillsborough County with 6 other operating plants, including BIG BEND and MOSAIC CO TAMPA FACILITY.

EIA-860 lists 13 generators at the site with 2,294 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 5,077 GWh in 2024 (a 25% capacity factor), down 34% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1965 and 2009.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is LAKE TARPON (500 kV), about 17.6 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.3 miles away. Another 11 operating power plants totaling 6,866 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 3.6 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