PORT EVERGLADES

How PORT EVERGLADES compares

With 1,214 MW of capacity, PORT EVERGLADES ranks 18th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 12th of the 55 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.7% of Florida's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 57th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2016, it is newer than 98% 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 LAUDERDALE and WHEELABRATOR SOUTH BROWARD.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 1,352 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,214 MW). Net generation was 5,797 GWh in 2024 (a 49% capacity factor), down 20% from 2022.

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 1,943 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is LAUDERDALE (1,863 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 9 mapped data centers; the nearest is 365 Data Centers Ft. Lauderdale (FLL) in Ft. Lauderdale, about 8.0 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