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Last Update: November 19, 2009
Next Update: November 25, 2009

Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Crist Capacity = 930 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: S O Purdom Capacity = 301 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Santa Rosa Energy Center Capacity = 161 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Arvah B Hopkins Capacity = 432 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Lansing Smith Capacity = 481 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Lansing Smith Capacity = 357 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Suwannee River Capacity = 106 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Suwannee River Capacity = 192 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: C D McIntosh Jr Capacity = 342 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Anclote Capacity = 1,005 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Central Power & Lime Capacity = 139 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Pasco Cogen Ltd Capacity = 129 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Shady Hills Generating Station Capacity = 468 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Auburndale Power Partners Capacity = 155 MW Nuclear Power Plant Plant Name: Crystal River Capacity = 838 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Crystal River Capacity = 2,313 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Polk Capacity = 255 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Hardee Power Station Capacity = 358 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Big Bend Capacity = 1,593 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: C D McIntosh Jr Capacity = 524 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: H. 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Culbreath Bayside Capacity = 1,632 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Osprey Energy Center Capacity = 595 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: P L Bartow Capacity = 530 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Payne Creek Capacity = 758 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Polk Capacity = 325 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Tiger Bay Capacity = 203 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Vandolah Power Station Capacity = 632 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Auburndale Peaker Energy Center Capacity = 118 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Big Bend Capacity = 117 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Higgins Capacity = 110 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Hines Energy Complex Capacity = 1,456 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Larsen Memorial Capacity = 121 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Mulberry Cogeneration Facility Capacity = 113 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Orange Cogeneration Facility Capacity = 117 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Bayboro Capacity = 177 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Manatee Capacity = 1,114 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Manatee Capacity = 1,620 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: J D Kennedy Capacity = 162 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Northside Generating Station Capacity = 1,263 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Brandy Branch Capacity = 661 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Cedar Bay Generating Company LP Capacity = 250 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: J D Kennedy Capacity = 159 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: St Johns River Power Park Capacity = 1,252 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Deerhaven Generating Station Capacity = 228 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Deerhaven Generating Station Capacity = 194 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: John R Kelly Capacity = 177 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Putnam Capacity = 494 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Seminole Capacity = 1,316 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Fort Myers Capacity = 648 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: DeSoto County Plant Capacity = 313 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Fort Myers Capacity = 1,767 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Stock Island Capacity = 120 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Curtis H Stanton Energy Center Capacity = 592 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Lake Cogen Ltd Capacity = 110 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Orlando Cogen LP Capacity = 120 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: DeBary Capacity = 249 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: DeBary Capacity = 394 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: G E Turner Capacity = 150 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Sanford Capacity = 1,928 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Sanford Capacity = 138 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Cane Island Capacity = 380 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Intercession City Capacity = 567 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Intercession City Capacity = 425 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Osceola Capacity = 468 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Indian River Plant Capacity = 290 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Stanton Energy Center Capacity = 886 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Cape Canaveral Capacity = 798 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Indian River Capacity = 608 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Oleander Power Project LP Capacity = 156 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Oleander Power Project LP Capacity = 465 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Cutler Capacity = 170 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Martin Capacity = 3,657 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Port Everglades Capacity = 1,200 MW Nuclear Power Plant Plant Name: St Lucie Capacity = 1,678 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Turkey Point Capacity = 810 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Vero Beach Municipal Power Plant Capacity = 150 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Henry D King Capacity = 129 MW Coal Power Plant Plant Name: Indiantown Cogeneration LP Capacity = 330 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Lauderdale Capacity = 1,699 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Plant Name: Port Everglades Capacity = 420 MW Petroleum Power Plant Plant Name: Riviera Capacity = 556 MW Nuclear Power Plant Plant Name: Turkey Point Capacity = 1,386 MW Alabama Georgia Oil Seaport/Oil Import Site Port Name: Tampa 2006 Imports = 54,953 bbl/d Oil Seaport/Oil Import Site Port Name: Jacksonville 2006 Imports = 134,682 bbl/d Oil Seaport/Oil Import Site Port Name: Port Everglade 2006 Imports = 116,975 bbl/d Oil Seaport/Oil Import Site Port Name: Port Canaveral 2006 Imports = 11,142 bbl/d Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases Oil and Gas Active Leases 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    Florida Quick Facts

  • Florida’s per capita residential electricity demand is among the highest in the country, due in part to high air-conditioning use during the hot summer months and the widespread use of electricity for home heating during the winter months.
  • Geologists believe there may be large oil and gas deposits in the Federal Outer Continental Shelf off of Florida’s western coast.
  • Florida is a leading producer of oranges and a planned facility that would make 4 million gallons of ethanol from citrus waste would become the world’s first producer of ethanol from that feedstock.
  • More petroleum-fired electricity is generated in Florida than in any other State.
  • Hurricanes and severe storms from the Atlantic Ocean put Florida at risk for massive power outages during the storm season.




 

Overview

Resources and Consumption

Florida has minor oil and gas reserves and few other energy resources. However, geologists believe that large deposits of oil and gas may be found in the federally administered Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off Florida’s western coast. Congressional and Presidential moratoria prohibiting energy development in most of the OCS were lifted in 2008,but a separate Act banning energy development within 100-125 miles of Florida remains in effect until 2022.

Although Florida has few renewable energy resources, researchers are looking for ways to produce ethanol using citrus peel waste from Florida’s juice-processing industry. A planned facility in Hendry County is expected to produce 4 million gallons per year of ethanol from citrus waste; the facility would be the first ethanol plant in the world to use that feedstock. The plant, which would be located near the center of the State’s sugar cane industry, is planning to experiment with sugar cane feedstock as well.

Due to its large population, Florida’s total energy consumption is among the highest in the country. However, due to relatively low energy use by the industrial sector, per capita energy consumption is among the lowest in the country. Florida’s transportation and residential sectors lead State energy demand.

Petroleum

Most of Florida’s minor crude oil production comes from fields in the northwestern Panhandle, but the State also produces some crude oil from smaller fields in the south. Although companies have explored for oil and gas in the Federal OCS south of Panama City, exploration activity has been dormant since 1995, when a litigation settlement returned 73 oil and gas leases in this area to the Federal Government. Florida has no oil refineries and relies on petroleum products delivered by tanker and barge to marine terminals near the State’s major coastal cities. Due in part to Florida’s tourist industry, demand for petroleum-based transportation fuels (motor gasoline and jet fuel) is among the highest in the United States. Traffic at the international airports in Miami and Orlando is among the heaviest in the country.

Natural Gas

Florida receives most of its natural gas supply from the Gulf Coast Region via two major interstate pipelines: the Florida Gas Transmission line, which runs from Texas through the Florida Panhandle to Miami, and the Gulfstream pipeline, an underwater link from Mississippi and Alabama to central Florida. With the completion of the Cypress Pipeline in May 2007, the Jacksonville area has also begun receiving supplies from the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Elba Island, Georgia. Florida’s natural gas consumption is high and has grown rapidly in recent years, due primarily to increasing demand from the electric power sector, which dominates State natural gas use. To help meet Florida’s growing demand for natural gas, companies have proposed building new LNG import terminals in the Federal waters off Florida’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts and on the nearby islands of the Bahamas that would be connected via underwater pipeline to Florida’s existing natural gas pipeline system.

Coal, Electricity, and Renewables

Electricity generation in Florida is among the highest in the United States. Natural gas and coal are the leading fuels for electricity production, typically accounting for about 40 percent and 30 percent of net generation, respectively. Nuclear and petroleum-fired power plants account for much of the remaining electricity production within the State. Florida has more petroleum-fired electricity generation than any other State. Florida also a leading producer of electricity from municipal solid waste and landfill gas, although generation from those sources contributes only minimally to the electricity grid. There are no coal mines in Florida and coal-fired power plants rely on supplies delivered by railroad and barge, mostly from Kentucky, Illinois, and West Virginia.

Florida’s per capita residential electricity demand is among the highest in the country, due in part to high air-conditioning use during the hot summer months and the widespread use of electricity for home heating during the winter months. Despite high demand from the residential and commercial sectors, total per capita electricity consumption in Florida is not high, because industrial electricity use is relatively low. About nine-tenths of Florida households use electricity as their main energy source for home heating.

While the State does not have a renewable portfolio standard, Florida did adopt energy standards that require major facility projects in the State to be constructed to high energy efficiency standards in order to reduce energy use. In addition, utilities in Florida are required to disclose their fuel sources and adopt net metering to credit customers' utility bills for electricity they provide to the grid from renewable sources.



Data

Economy
Population and Employment Florida U.S. Rank Period
Population 18.3 million    4
 2008
Civilian Labor Force 9.2 million    3
 Sep-09
Per Capita Personal Income $38,444    21
 2007
Industry Florida U.S. Rank Period
Gross Domestic Product by State $744.1 billion    4 2008
Land in Farms 9.2 million acres    30
 2007
Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold $7.8 billion    11
 2007

 Prices
Petroleum Florida U.S. Avg. Period
Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase — $65.28/barrel Aug-09
No. 2 Heating Oil, Residential — $2.37/gal Aug-09 Click to see State rankings
  Regular Motor Gasoline Sold Through Retail Outlets (Excluding Taxes) $2.07/gal $2.12/gal Aug-09 Click to see State rankings
  State Tax Rate on Motor Gasoline
(other taxes may apply) 		$0.16/gal $0.22/gal Aug-08
  No. 2 Diesel Fuel Sold Through Retail Outlets (Excluding Taxes) — $2.12/gal Aug-09 Click to see State rankings
  State Tax Rate on On-Highway Diesel
(other taxes may apply) 		$0.29/gal $0.22/gal Aug-08
Natural Gas Florida U.S. Avg. Period
  Wellhead — $6.37/thousand cu ft 2007
  City Gate $4.21/thousand cu ft $5.59/thousand cu ft Aug-09
  Residential $24.51/thousand cu ft $15.15/thousand cu ft Aug-09 Click to see State rankings
Coal Florida U.S. Avg. Period
  Average Open Market Sales Price — $32.06/short ton 2008
  Delivered to Electric Power Sector $ 3.29/million Btu $ 2.21 /million Btu Aug-09
Electricity Florida U.S. Avg. Period
  Residential 12.26 cents/kWh 12.05 cents/kWh Aug-09 Click to see State rankings
  Commercial 10.62 cents/kWh 10.60 cents/kWh Aug-09
  Industrial 9.29 cents/kWh 7.17 cents/kWh Aug-09
       

 Reserves & Supply
Reserves Florida Share of U.S. Period
  Crude Oil 3 million barrels 0.0% 2008
  Dry Natural Gas 1 billion cu ft 0.0% 2008
  Natural Gas Liquids 0 million barrels 0.0% 2008
  Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines — — 2008
Rotary Rigs & Wells Florida Share of U.S. Period
Rotary Rigs in Operation 1 0.1% 2008
Crude Oil Producing Wells 58 0.0% 2008
Natural Gas Producing Wells — — 2007
Production Florida Share of U.S. Period
  Total Energy 524 trillion Btu 0.7% 2007 Click to see State rankings
  Crude Oil 57 thousand barrels 0.0% Jun-09 Click to see State rankings
  Natural Gas - Marketed 1,778 million cu ft 0.0% 2007 Click to see State rankings
  Coal — — 2008 Click to see State rankings
Capacity Florida Share of U.S. Period
  Crude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. 1) 0 barrels/calendar day 0.0% 2009
  Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capability 55,451 MW 5.6% 2007
Net Electricity Generation Florida Share of U.S. Period
  Total Net Electricity Generation 22,011 thousand MWh 5.8% Aug-09 Click to see State rankings
  Petroleum-Fired 798 thousand MWh 32.5% Aug-09
  Natural Gas-Fired 12,287 thousand MWh 11.4% Aug-09
  Coal-Fired 5,089 thousand MWh 3.1% Aug-09
  Nuclear 2,865 thousand MWh 4.0% Aug-09
  Hydroelectric NM NA Aug-09
  Other Renewables 398 thousand MWh 3.6% Aug-09
Stocks Florida Share of U.S. Period
  Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines) 1,031 thousand barrels 1.9% Aug-09
  Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines) 3,061 thousand barrels 2.3% Aug-09
  Natural Gas in Underground Storage — — Aug-09
  Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers 6,886 thousand barrels 16.0 % Aug-09
  Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers 6,490 thousand tons 3.3 % Aug-09
Production Facilities Florida
  Major Coal Mines None
  Petroleum Refineries None
  Major Non-Nuclear Electricity Generating Plants Martin (Florida Power & Light Co) • Manatee (Florida Power & Light Co) • Fort Myers (Florida Power & Light Co) • Crystal River (Progress Energy Florida Inc) • Sanford (Florida Power & Light Co)
  Nuclear Power Plants St Lucie (Florida Power & Light Co) • Turkey Point (Florida Power & Light Co) • Crystal River (Progress Energy Florida Inc)
       

 Distribution & Marketing
Distribution Centers Florida
Oil Seaports/Oil Import Sites Jacksonville • Port Everglade • Tampa • Port Canaveral.
  Natural Gas Market Centers None
Major Pipelines Florida
Crude Oil Genesis • Sunniland.
Petroleum Product Central Florida • Everglades.
Liquefied Petroleum Gases Enterprise
  Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines Florida Gas Transmission Co. • Gulf South Pipeline Co. • Gulfstream Natural Gas System
Fueling Stations Florida Share of U.S. Period
Motor Gasoline 9,169 5.7% 2008
Liquefied Petroleum Gases 53 2.1% 2009
Compressed Natural Gas 13 1.7% 2009
Ethanol 26 1.3% 2009
Other Alternative Fuels 20 1.6% 2009
       

 Consumption

per Capita Florida U.S. Rank Period
Total Energy 253 million Btu    44 2007 Click to see State rankings
by Source Florida Share of U.S. Period
Total Energy 4,602 trillion Btu 4.5% 2007
Total Petroleum 361.3 million barrels 4.8% 2007
    Motor Gasoline 208.7 million barrels 6.2% 2007
    Distillate Fuel 55.9 million barrels 3.6% 2007
    Liquefied Petroleum Gases 6.3 million barrels 0.8% 2007
    Jet Fuel 31.2 million barrels 5.3% 2007
Natural Gas 917,245 million cu ft 4.0% 2007
Coal 29,925 thousand short tons 2.7% 2007
by End-Use Sector Florida Share of U.S. Period
Residential 1,339,504 billion Btu 6.2% 2007
Commercial 1,089,180 billion Btu 6.0% 2007
Industrial 558,887 billion Btu 1.7% 2007
Transportation 1,614,301 billion Btu 5.5% 2007
for Electricity Generation Florida Share of U.S. Period
Petroleum 1,363 thousand barrels 32.5% Aug-09
Natural Gas 98,230 million cu ft 11.4% Aug-09
Coal 2,141 thousand short tons 2.5% Aug-09
for Home Heating (share of households) Florida U.S. Avg. Period
Natural Gas 6% 51.2% 2000
Fuel Oil 1% 9.0% 2000
Electricity 87% 30.3% 2000
Liquefied Petroleum Gases 4% 6.5% 2000
Other/None 2% 1.8% 2000
       

 Environment
Special Programs Florida
Clean Cities Coalitions Gold Coast (Miami/Fort Lauderdale/West Palm Beach • Space Coast (Orlando).
Alternative Fuels Florida Share of U.S. Period
  Alternative-Fueled Vehicles in Use 29,974 4.3% 2007
Ethanol Plants 0 0.0% 2008
Ethanol Plant Capacity 0 million gal/year 0.0% 2008
Ethanol Consumption 2,621 thousand barrels 1.6% 2007
Electric Power Industry Emissions Florida Share of U.S. Period
  Carbon Dioxide
127,662,330 metric tons 5.1% 2007 Click to see State rankings
  Sulfur Dioxide
322,491 metric tons 3.6% 2007
  Nitrogen Oxide
202,854 metric tons 5.6% 2007
       
    — = No data reported.    * = Number less than 0.5 rounded to zero.    NA = Not available.    NM = Not meaningful due to large relative standard error or excessive percentage change.    W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
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Update on November 19, 2009
New statistics for August 2009:
• Prices of electricity sold to the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors
• Price of coal delivered to the electric power sector
• Net electricity generation by fuel
• Fuel stocks at electric power producers
• Consumption for electricity generation by fuel
 
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