HARDEE POWER STATION

How HARDEE POWER STATION compares

With 432 MW of capacity, HARDEE POWER STATION ranks 37th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 26th of the 55 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.0% of Florida's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 358th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1993, it is newer than 50% of the 108 operating Florida plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Hardee County with 2 other operating plants, MIDULLA GENERATING STATION and VANDOLAH POWER STATION.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 470 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 946 GWh in 2024 (a 23% capacity factor), down 14% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1993 and 2000.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 8,667 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 37.1 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