Power plant · Florida, United States

Fort Myers Power Plant

Fort Myers Power Plant is a gas power plant in Florida, United States, with 2,681 MW of capacity, owned by Florida Power & Light Co.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Florida	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1958	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	Florida Power & Light Co	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Florida Power & Light Co	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	2,681 MW	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Florida Power & Light Co	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	230 kV	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	26.6967, -81.7831	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Fort Myers is the 5th-largest of 49 power plants in Florida and the 20th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 2,681 MW is 0.29% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Florida	5th of 49	63,597 MW	4.2%
United States	20th of 1,009	917,512 MW	0.29%
All power plants in our data	38th of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	0.14%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 10 mines (8 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Fort Myers Mine	Mine	—	Operating	24 km
Bell Mine	Mine	—	Operating	25 km
Fort Myers Quarry	Mine	—	Operating	26 km

Owner, operator, grid operator and place

Florida Power & Light CoOwner
Florida Power & Light CoOperator
Florida Power & Light CoGrid operator
Power plants in Florida, United States52
Power plants in the United States1,844
Gas power plants in the US645
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Other power plants in Florida

West County Energy Center4,263 MW
Crystal River3,449 MW
Turkey Point2,978 MW
Manatee2,951 MW
Martin2,449 MW
Sanford2,378 MW
H L Culbreath Bayside Power Station2,294 MW
Hines Energy Complex2,266 MW

All 52 power plants in Florida, United States

Data on this page

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