TURKEY POINT

How TURKEY POINT compares

With 3,796 MW of capacity, TURKEY POINT ranks 3rd among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 3rd of the 55 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 8.5% of Florida's operating Natural Gas capacity and 6.0% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 3rd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is older than 81% 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 Miami-Dade County with 3 other operating plants, including G W IVEY and SOUTH DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLT.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 7 generators at the site with 2,861 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 3,796 MW). Net generation was 21,359 GWh in 2024 (an 85% capacity factor), up 3% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1972 and 2007.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is TURKEY POINT (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 63 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is G W IVEY (58 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Miami (MIA1) in Miami, about 24.8 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