LARSEN MEMORIAL

How LARSEN MEMORIAL compares

With 149 MW of capacity, LARSEN MEMORIAL ranks 48th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 35th of the 55 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.3% of Florida's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 611th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1956, it is older than 97% 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.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 134 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 149 MW). Net generation was 298 GWh in 2024 (a 25% capacity factor), up 58% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1956 and 1992.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GRIFFIN (230 kV), about 7.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.9 miles away. Another 13 operating power plants totaling 5,773 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 33.4 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