POLK

How POLK compares

With 1,030 MW of capacity, POLK ranks 21st among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 6th of the 8 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 8.9% of Florida's operating Coal capacity and 1.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 113th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1996, it is newer than 58% 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 Polk County with 13 other operating plants, including HINES ENERGY COMPLEX and C D MCINTOSH JR.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 7 generators at the site with 1,592 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,030 MW). Net generation was 5,771 GWh in 2024 (a 41% capacity factor), down 21% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1996 and 2017.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GRIFFIN (230 kV), about 24.8 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 14 operating power plants totaling 9,238 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 32.5 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