LAUDERDALE

How LAUDERDALE compares

With 1,863 MW of capacity, LAUDERDALE ranks 12th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 9th of the 55 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 4.2% of Florida's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 17th-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. Its operator, FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO, runs 13 operating plants in Florida totaling 25,806 MW. It shares Broward County with 3 other operating plants, including PORT EVERGLADES and WHEELABRATOR SOUTH BROWARD.

EIA-860 lists 7 generators at the site with 1,216 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,863 MW). Net generation was 245 GWh in 2024 (a 2.3% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1970 and 2016.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 1,294 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PORT EVERGLADES (1,214 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is 365 Data Centers Ft. Lauderdale (FLL) in Ft. Lauderdale, about 8.1 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