Power plants operated by Tampa Electric Co
Tampa Electric Co operates 32 power plants in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 7,156 MW of nameplate capacity, the 33rd-largest fleet among the 5,826 operators on file. All of them are in Florida. Natural gas is 79% of the capacity; the largest site is H L Culbreath Bayside Power Station. Its oldest working unit dates from 1965, at H L Culbreath Bayside Power Station. Units added from 2020 to 2025 total 1,944 MW.
- Natural gas5,624 MW79%
- Solar1,424 MW20%
- Battery storage108 MW1.5%
Capacity by decade it came online
Natural gasSolarBattery storage
Above the line: capacity operating in 2025. Below: capacity retired at these plants.
Plants
| Plant | State | Runs on | Capacity | First unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H L Culbreath Bayside Power Station | Florida | Natural gas | 2,294 MW | 1965 |
| Big Bend | Florida | Natural gas | 1,797 MW | 1970 |
| Polk | Florida | Natural gas | 1,458 MW | 1996 |
| Wimauma Solar and Battery Storage | Florida | Solar | 115 MW | 2020 |
| Lake Mabel Solar and Battery Storage | Florida | Solar | 114 MW | 2023 |
| South Tampa Resilience Project | Florida | Natural gas | 75.2 MW | 2025 |
| Bullfrog Creek Solar | Florida | Solar | 74.5 MW | 2024 |
| Cottonmouth Ranch Solar | Florida | Solar | 74.5 MW | 2025 |
| Jamison Solar (FL) | Florida | Solar | 74.5 MW | 2022 |
| Lithia Solar | Florida | Solar | 74.5 MW | 2019 |
| Little Manatee River Solar | Florida | Solar | 74.5 MW | 2020 |
| Magnolia Solar | Florida | Solar | 74.5 MW | 2021 |
| Balm Solar | Florida | Solar | 74.4 MW | 2018 |
| Payne Creek Solar | Florida | Solar | 70.3 MW | 2018 |
| Juniper Solar (FL) | Florida | Solar | 70 MW | 2023 |
| Laurel Oaks Solar | Florida | Solar | 61.2 MW | 2022 |
| Grange Hall Solar | Florida | Solar | 61.1 MW | 2019 |
| Alafia Solar | Florida | Solar | 60 MW | 2023 |
| Durrance | Florida | Solar | 60 MW | 2021 |
| Peace Creek Solar | Florida | Solar | 55.4 MW | 2019 |
| Riverside Solar | Florida | Solar | 55.2 MW | 2022 |
| Mountain View Solar (FL) | Florida | Solar | 54.6 MW | 2022 |
| Lake Hancock Solar | Florida | Solar | 49.5 MW | 2019 |
| Big Bend II Solar | Florida | Solar | 45.8 MW | 2022 |
| Dover Solar and Battery Storage | Florida | Solar | 40 MW | 2023 |
| Bonnie Mine Solar | Florida | Solar | 37.5 MW | 2019 |
| Big Bend 1 Solar and Battery Storage | Florida | Solar | 32.4 MW | 2017 |
| English Creek Solar | Florida | Solar | 23 MW | 2024 |
| TIA Solar | Florida | Solar | 1.6 MW | 2015 |
| Legoland Solar | Florida | Solar | 1.4 MW | 2016 |
| Big Bend Agrivoltaics | Florida | Solar | 1 MW | 2022 |
| Big Bend Floating Solar I | Florida | Solar | 1 MW | 2022 |