WINSTON

How WINSTON compares

With 50 MW of capacity, WINSTON ranks 68th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 5th of the 8 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.7% of Florida's operating Oil capacity and under 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 80th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is newer than 64% 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 20 generators at the site with 50 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was less than 0.1 GWh in 2024 (a capacity factor under 0.1%).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GRIFFIN (230 kV), about 4.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC, about 0.5 miles away. Another 13 operating power plants totaling 5,909 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 27.5 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