Florida State Energy Profile

Florida Quick Facts

In 2022, Florida consumed less energy per capita than all but six other states, but it was the third-largest energy-consuming state. Overall, Florida uses almost eight times as much energy as it produces.
Florida's many tourists, as well as its large population, help make the state the nation's third-highest motor gasoline consumer and the second-highest jet fuel user.
Florida is the nation's second-largest producer of electricity after Texas. In 2024, natural gas fueled about 75% of Florida's total electricity net generation, nuclear power supplied about 11%, and renewable resources and coal provided almost all the rest.
In 2023, Florida's residential sector, where nearly all households use electricity for air conditioning and 9 in 10 households use electricity for home heating, consumed 54% of the electricity used in Florida, the largest share of any state.
In 2023, Florida was third in the nation, after California and Texas, in total solar power generation. About 75% of Florida's solar generating capacity was at utility-scale facilities and about 25% was at small-scale installations.

Last Updated: March 20, 2025

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Energy Indicators
Demography	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period
Population	23.4 million	6.9%	2024
Civilian Labor Force	11.2 million	6.5%	Mar-25
Economy	Florida	U.S. Rank	Period
Gross Domestic Product	$ 1,579.5 billion	4	2023
Gross Domestic Product for the Manufacturing Sector	$ 77,673 million	10	2023
Per Capita Personal Income	$ 68,248	18	2023
Vehicle Miles Traveled	239,188 million miles	3	2023
Land in Farms	9.7 million acres	29	2024
Climate	Florida	U.S. Rank	Period
Average Temperature	72.9 degrees Fahrenheit	1	2024
Precipitation	56.8 inches	3	2024

Prices
Petroleum	Florida	U.S. Average	Period	find more
Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase	--	$ 70.11 /barrel	Feb-25
Natural Gas	Florida	U.S. Average	Period	find more
City Gate	$ 8.26 /thousand cu ft	$ 4.83 /thousand cu ft	Feb-25	find more
Residential	$ 22.53 /thousand cu ft	$ 12.94 /thousand cu ft	Feb-25	find more
Coal	Florida	U.S. Average	Period	find more
Average Sales Price	--	$ 54.04 /short ton	2023
Delivered to Electric Power Sector	$ 3.69 /million Btu	$ 2.41 /million Btu	Feb-25
Electricity	Florida	U.S. Average	Period	find more
Residential	14.98 cents/kWh	16.44 cents/kWh	Feb-25	find more
Commercial	11.61 cents/kWh	13.09 cents/kWh	Feb-25	find more
Industrial	8.45 cents/kWh	8.23 cents/kWh	Feb-25	find more

Reserves
Reserves	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Crude Oil (as of Dec. 31)	--	--	2022	find more
Expected Future Production of Dry Natural Gas (as of Dec. 31)	--	--	2022	find more
Expected Future Production of Natural Gas Plant Liquids	--	--	2022	find more
Recoverable Coal at Producing Mines	--	--	2023	find more
Rotary Rigs & Wells	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Natural Gas Producing Wells	--	--	2020	find more
Capacity	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period
Crude Oil Refinery Capacity (as of Jan. 1)	0 barrels/calendar day	0.0%	2024
Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity	73,005 MW	5.9%	Feb-25

Supply & Distribution
Production	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Total Energy	563 trillion Btu	0.6%	2022	find more
Crude Oil	2 thousand barrels per day	*	Feb-25	find more
Natural Gas - Marketed	533 million cu ft	*	2023	find more
Coal	--	--	2023	find more
Total Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Total Net Electricity Generation	17,499 thousand MWh	5.2%	Feb-25
Utility-Scale Net Electricity Generation (share of total)	Florida	U.S. Average	Period
Petroleum-Fired	NM	0.4 %	Feb-25	find more
Natural Gas-Fired	72.3 %	39.0 %	Feb-25	find more
Coal-Fired	1.4 %	18.4 %	Feb-25	find more
Nuclear	14.4 %	18.2 %	Feb-25	find more
Renewables	10.9 %	23.6 %	Feb-25
Stocks	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Motor Gasoline (Excludes Pipelines)	396 thousand barrels	3.5%	Feb-25
Distillate Fuel Oil (Excludes Pipelines)	1,574 thousand barrels	1.7%	Feb-25	find more
Natural Gas in Underground Storage	--	--	Feb-25	find more
Petroleum Stocks at Electric Power Producers	3,616 thousand barrels	17.7%	Feb-25	find more
Coal Stocks at Electric Power Producers	1,766 thousand tons	1.7%	Feb-25	find more
Fueling Stations	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period
Motor Gasoline	6,042 stations	5.5%	2022
Propane	122 stations	4.7%	Apr-25
Electric Vehicle Charging Locations	3,691 stations	5.3%	Apr-25
E85	155 stations	3.5%	Apr-25
Biodiesel, Compressed Natural Gas, and Other Alternative Fuels	26 stations	0.7%	Apr-25

Consumption & Expenditures
Summary	Florida	U.S. Rank	Period
Total Consumption	4,325 trillion Btu	3	2022	find more
Total Consumption per Capita	194 million Btu	45	2022	find more
Total Expenditures	$ 89,282 million	3	2022	find more
Total Expenditures per Capita	$ 4,013	50	2022	find more
by End-Use Sector	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period
Consumption
» Residential	1,183 trillion Btu	6.1%	2022	find more
» Commercial	930 trillion Btu	5.6%	2022	find more
» Industrial	477 trillion Btu	1.5%	2022	find more
» Transportation	1,739 trillion Btu	6.3%	2022	find more
Expenditures
» Residential	$ 19,425 million	5.8%	2022	find more
» Commercial	$ 13,141 million	5.4%	2022	find more
» Industrial	$ 5,986 million	2.1%	2022	find more
» Transportation	$ 50,731 million	5.9%	2022	find more
by Source	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period
Consumption
» Petroleum	362 million barrels	4.9%	2023	find more
» Natural Gas	1,635 billion cu ft	5.0%	2023	find more
» Coal	5,550 thousand short tons	1.3%	2023	find more
Expenditures
» Petroleum	$ 49,435 million	5.4%	2023	find more
» Natural Gas	$ 8,065 million	4.0%	2023	find more
» Coal	$ 446 million	1.9%	2023	find more
Consumption for Electricity Generation	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Petroleum	NM	NM	Feb-25	find more
Natural Gas	89,739 million cu ft	9.4%	Feb-25	find more
Coal	119 thousand tons	0.3%	Feb-25	find more
Energy Source Used for Home Heating (share of households)	Florida	U.S. Average	Period
Natural Gas	5.5 %	46.0 %	2023
Fuel Oil	0.1 %	3.7 %	2023
Electricity	89.9 %	41.7 %	2023
Propane	1.0 %	5.0 %	2023
Other/None	3.4 %	3.5 %	2023

Environment
Renewable Energy Capacity	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Total Renewable Energy Electricity Net Summer Capacity	12,886 MW	3.4%	Feb-25
Ethanol Plant Nameplate Capacity	--	--	2024
Renewable Energy Production	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Utility-Scale Hydroelectric Net Electricity Generation	NM	NM	Feb-25
Utility-Scale Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Net Electricity Generation	1,641 thousand MWh	2.9%	Feb-25
Utility-Scale Biomass Net Electricity Generation	260 thousand MWh	7.1%	Feb-25
Small-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Generation	360 thousand MWh	6.2%	Feb-25
Fuel Ethanol Production	0 thousand barrels	0.0%	2022
Renewable Energy Consumption	Florida	U.S. Rank	Period	find more
Renewable Energy Consumption as a Share of State Total	7.0 %	29	2022
Fuel Ethanol Consumption	21,877 thousand barrels	3	2022
Total Emissions	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Carbon Dioxide	231.0 million metric tons	4.7%	2022
Electric Power Industry Emissions	Florida	Share of U.S.	Period	find more
Carbon Dioxide	93,735 thousand metric tons	6.1%	2023
Sulfur Dioxide	21 thousand metric tons	2.5%	2023
Nitrogen Oxide	44 thousand metric tons	3.9%	2023

Analysis

Last Updated: March 20, 2025

Overview

Known as the Sunshine State, Florida has significant solar energy potential, as well as substantial biomass resources and some oil and natural gas production.^1,2,3 The Florida peninsula extends almost 450 miles south from the state's northern border with Georgia to the Florida Keys, the southernmost point in the continental United States. The state's northern boundary stretches about 360 miles from the Atlantic Ocean across the Florida Panhandle to the Perdido River, the state's western boundary with Alabama.^4,5,6 The warm waters of the Gulf Stream, including the Florida Current, wrap around much of the state's marine coastline and moderate Florida's climate, which ranges from tropical to subtropical.^7,8,9 Waters in certain localized areas are further warmed by output from power plants, which are known to attract manatees.¹⁰ The Gulf of America and the Atlantic Ocean make the state one of the most humid in the nation, with frequent summer thunderstorms and occasional devastating hurricanes. As a result, Florida has taken more direct hits from hurricanes than any other state.^11,12 Hurricanes can present notable risks to the state's energy supply infrastructure.^13,14

Florida is the third-largest energy-consuming state, but it uses less energy per capita than all but six other states.

Until the 20th century, Florida was largely rural and sparsely populated, but the state's population increased more than any other state from 1900 to 2000, in part because air conditioning became widely available and because of the state's popularity as a tourist and retirement destination.^15,16 In recent years, Florida has been home to several of the fastest-growing metropolitan statistical areas as well, adding to its ranking as the third-most populous state and the third-largest energy-consuming state in the nation.^17,18,19 However, Florida uses less energy per capita than all but six other states, in part because of its moderate winter weather and relatively low industrial sector energy use.^20,21 The transportation sector, which includes the energy used by the automobiles, trains, planes, and ships that bring the state's many visitors to and from Florida's beaches and attractions, leads all end-use energy consumption, accounting for two-fifths of the state's total energy use.^22,23 The residential sector, where almost all homes use air conditioning, consumes nearly three-tenths of the energy consumed in the state.^24,25 Florida's commercial sector accounts for more than one-fifth of state energy consumption and the industrial sector uses about one-tenth.²⁶ Overall, Florida consumes almost eight times more energy than it produces.²⁷

Electricity

Florida is the second-largest producer of electricity in the nation.

Florida is the second-largest producer of electricity in the nation, after Texas.²⁸ In 2024, natural gas fueled about three-fourths of Florida's total in-state net generation. Eight of the state's 10 largest power plants, ranked by capacity and by annual generation, are natural gas-fired.^29,30 Natural gas has fueled the largest share of Florida's electricity generation since 2003, when it surpassed coal's contribution.³¹ Florida also leads the nation in generators that can switch between natural gas and fuel oil.³² Although petroleum-fired power plants provided less than 0.1% of Florida's generation in 2024, petroleum liquids remain an important backup fuel source at many of the state's natural gas-fired power plants.^33,34 In 2023, about three-fifths of the state's natural gas-fired power plants could switch to petroleum products in the event of disruptions in the natural gas supply.^35,36

The second-largest source of in-state generation in Florida is nuclear power. The state's two nuclear power stations are located on Florida's Atlantic Coast. Those two plants typically provide more than one-tenth of the state's net generation.^37,38,39 While no new future nuclear plants are currently planned, Florida regulators and lawmakers are actively looking into the state's future nuclear potential.^40,41 Renewable resources—mainly solar energy and biomass—accounted for about 10% of Florida's total in-state generation in 2024, and coal-fired power plants supplied about 3%, down from 23% in 2014.⁴² Nearly all of the state's recent and planned additions of generating capacity over the next several years are natural gas-fueled or solar-powered.⁴³

Florida is the third-largest electricity consumer in the nation, after Texas and California, but does not produce enough electricity to meet its power needs.^44,45 Although the state receives additional electricity via the regional grid, Florida's in-state generation has consistently increased and the amount of power imported has decreased during the past decade. In 2023, Florida imported about 3% of the electricity it needed to meet consumer demand.^46,47

The residential sector, where about 9 in 10 Florida households use electricity as their primary energy source for home heating and almost all use air conditioning, accounts for more than half of Florida's electricity consumption, the largest share of any state.^48,49,50 The commercial sector accounts for about two-fifths of state consumption, and the industrial sector uses most of the rest. The transportation sector uses a very small amount of electricity for rail.^51,52 However, Florida is second only to California in the number of registered electric vehicles and had about 3,600 public electric vehicle charging locations at the end of 2024.^53,54

Renewable energy

Renewable resources provided about 10% of Florida's total in-state electricity net generation in 2024, and nearly nine-tenths of that renewable generation came from solar energy.⁵⁵ Florida was third in the nation, after California and Texas, in total solar power generating capacity, and solar energy accounted for nearly 9% of the state's total net generation.^56,57 Florida also added the third-most new utility-scale solar capacity to the grid in 2023, trailing Texas and California.⁵⁸ About four-fifths of the state's solar generation came from utility-scale (1 megawatt or larger) facilities. However, generation from small-scale installations (less than 1 megawatt) was about eight times greater in 2024 than in 2019, in part because of the removal of state restrictions on leased solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, such as rooftop solar panels.^59,60 Florida is one of only a few states in recent years that has generated electricity from utility-scale solar thermal technologies, which concentrate sunlight from arrays of mirrors onto liquid-filled containers. When the containers are heated the liquids create steam that powers turbines used to generate electricity.^61,62 The Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Martin County, Florida, has a concentrating solar power facility. When operating, it is the only concentrating solar thermal generating facility east of the Rocky Mountains. It generated a small amount of power in 2022, but none in 2023 or 2024.^63,64

Solar energy and biomass provide almost all of Florida’s renewable-sourced electricity generation.

Florida accounts for about 7% of the nation's biomass-fueled electricity generation, more than all other states except California, Georgia, Virginia, and Alabama.⁶⁵ Biomass fuels 11% of renewable generation in Florida, but it provides just 1% of the total in-state net generation.⁶⁶ Plants that process municipal solid waste, followed by those fueled by wood and wood waste, account for the largest share of the state's over 1,000 megawatts of biomass-fueled generating capacity. Although there are many landfill gas facilities in Florida, they account for only 7% of the state's biomass generating capacity.⁶⁷ Florida also has a variety of other biomass resources that fuel utility-scale electricity generating facilities in the state, including sugarcane waste (bagasse), citrus pulp, forest residues, invasive trees and plants, animal waste, agricultural residues, energy crops (from trees like pines and hardwoods), and agricultural crops (such as grasses, corn, sweet sorghum, and sweet potato).⁶⁸ Some of the state's biomass resources provide feedstock for a wood pellet manufacturing plant located in the state's Panhandle. That plant has a production capacity of 826,725 tons of wood pellets per year, only slightly smaller than the nation's largest, located in Georgia which can produce 826,733 tons.⁶⁹

One hydroelectric plant in northern Florida supplies a small amount of power.⁷⁰ A second plant retired in 2019, and the state's flat terrain provides little opportunity for additional hydropower development.^71,72 Florida has no significant wind energy resources, onshore or offshore, and the state has no utility-scale wind-powered generating capacity.^73,74 In January 2025, the federal government temporarily withdrew all federal offshore areas from leasing for wind energy development.⁷⁵

Florida's previous statewide renewable energy goals requiring electricity providers to generate a certain amount of the state's electricity from renewables were repealed in 2024.⁷⁶ However some Florida cities, including Orlando and Tallahassee, have committed to using 100% renewable energy.^77,78 Florida also has several state and local incentives, tax credits, and loan programs for certain renewable energy technologies.⁷⁹ The state has adopted net metering and interconnection rules for qualifying customer-sited renewable energy generating facilities, such as residential rooftop solar panels.^80,81 Florida utilities also have individual energy efficiency goals set by the Florida Public Service Commission.⁸²

Petroleum

Florida is among the top five petroleum-consuming states, but uses less petroleum per capita than all but five states.

Florida has minor crude oil reserves and accounts for less than 0.1% of the nation's crude oil production.^83,84 Onshore drilling for oil and natural gas in Florida began in 1901 and about 80 exploration wells were drilled in the state before oil was discovered in southwest Florida near Naples in 1943.⁸⁵ Annual crude oil production in the state peaked at nearly 48 million barrels in 1978 with the development of the Jay Field in the Panhandle in northwestern Florida. Since 1978, statewide production has declined and has been less than 3 million barrels each year since 2004. In 2023, Florida crude oil production was about 1 million barrels.^86,87 Geologists believe there may be substantial additional oil reserves in Gulf waters off Florida's western coast.⁸⁸ However, since 1989, Florida has banned drilling in both Atlantic and Gulf state waters. In 2006, the U.S. Congress banned oil and natural gas leasing in federal offshore areas in the central Gulf planning area within 100 miles of Florida's coastline and in most of the eastern Gulf planning area within 125 miles of Florida's coast. The ban on federal oil and natural gas leases off the state's Gulf Coast was to expire in 2022, but a 2020 Presidential Memorandum extended the ban until 2032. In 2025, executive action was taken to repeal these bans on oil drilling in certain offshore areas, including all of Florida's coastland.^89,90,91,92

Florida does not have any crude oil refineries or interstate crude oil or petroleum product pipelines.^93,94 The state relies on petroleum products delivered to Florida's inland petroleum product terminals by rail, truck, tanker, and barge, and on deliveries to marine terminals located at several ports in the state.⁹⁵ Petroleum products, including residual fuel oil, jet fuel, motor gasoline, low-sulfur distillate, and asphalt, arrive in Florida ports from around the world.⁹⁶ Two intrastate pipelines transport petroleum products and fuel ethanol from the Tampa Bay port area across central Florida to Orlando.⁹⁷

The transportation sector accounts for about nine-tenths of the petroleum consumed in Florida.⁹⁸ In part because of the state's significant tourist industry, travel on total interstate mileage only exceeded by four states, and the heavy passenger and cargo traffic through its international airports, Florida is among the top five petroleum-consuming states in the nation.^99,100,101 However, because of its warm climate, the state uses less petroleum per capita than all but five other states.¹⁰² Florida is second in the nation in total jet fuel consumption; only California uses more.¹⁰³ Florida also ranks third, after Texas and California, in total motor gasoline consumption.¹⁰⁴

Florida does not require motor gasoline that is blended with ethanol, and federal requirements for cleaner-burning summer gasoline blends in the state's urban areas were lifted in 2014.^105,106 However, motor gasoline blended with ethanol is widely used, and Florida is the third-largest consumer of fuel ethanol in the nation.¹⁰⁷ Florida does not have any fuel ethanol production plants.¹⁰⁸ Florida has one biodiesel plant and accounts for about 1.2% of the nation's biodiesel consumption.^109,110

The industrial and commercial sectors use almost all of the rest of the petroleum consumed in Florida. Because electric utilities have retired older petroleum-fired units and replaced many of them with natural gas-fired generating units, the electric power sector uses less than 1% of the petroleum consumed in the state. However, Florida is fourth in the nation in total power generation from petroleum liquids. The residential sector—where about 1 in 100 households use petroleum products, mostly propane, for heating—consumes even less.^111,112,113

Natural gas

Florida does not have significant natural gas reserves, but economically recoverable natural gas reserves may lie offshore in the eastern Gulf.^114,115 Florida does have a small amount of natural gas production, all from the same fields that produce crude oil.^116,117 Almost all of that natural gas production is in the Jay Field in the Florida Panhandle, and most of that natural gas is reinjected into the oil zones to maintain reservoir pressures and improve oil production.^118,119 As a result, only about 5% to 15% of the state's natural gas gross withdrawals are marketed.¹²⁰ Florida's annual natural gas production peaked at almost 52 billion cubic feet in 1978 (about 0.2% of the U.S. total that year) but declined steadily in the next three decades. In 2023, Florida's total natural gas production was only about 3.5 billion cubic feet (less than 0.01% of the U.S. total).¹²¹

Florida receives nearly all the natural gas it consumes from the Gulf Coast region via major interstate pipelines. Pipelines entering Florida bring natural gas into the state through Alabama and Georgia.¹²² One subsea pipeline runs 745 miles across the Gulf Coast, forming an offshore link from the Mississippi and Alabama border to central Florida.^123,124 The electric power sector receives most of the natural gas delivered to Florida consumers. In 2023, electricity generation accounted for 87% of the state's natural gas deliveries to consumers. The industrial sector consumed about 8%, and the commercial sector used about 4%. The residential sector, where over 1 in 20 households use natural gas as a primary home heating fuel, consumed about 1%. A very small amount of natural gas is used as vehicle fuel.^125,126 Florida has 26 public-access compressed natural gas vehicle fueling stations.¹²⁷

Coal

Florida does not have any coal reserves or production and relies on coal from several other states and from overseas to meet its limited coal demand.^128,129 In 2023, domestic coal supplies for Florida's coal-fired electricity generating plants came by railroad and barge, primarily from Illinois, Kentucky, and Indiana. Other Florida industries received small amounts of domestic coal from Illinois, Kentucky, and Alabama.¹³⁰ Port Tampa Bay, the largest cargo port in Florida, also receives shipments of imported coal, and a much smaller amount arrives in the Miami customs district.^131,132 Almost all coal consumed in Florida is used for electricity generation.¹³³ However, coal-fired electricity generation in the state has declined as older coal-fired units retired and were replaced by natural gas-fired generation.^134,135 Coal consumption in Florida's electric power sector fell from almost 29 million tons in 2007 to about 5 million tons in 2023. The rest of the coal used in Florida went to industrial facilities, which consumed less than 100,000 tons of coal.¹³⁶

Endnotes

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⁹ Fuson, Robert H. and Robert J. Norrell, Florida, Climate, Britannica, updated January 25, 2025.
¹⁰ Sheriff, Lucy, "Florida's manatees are addicted to power plants. Scientists are weaning them off," BBC (April 2, 2024)
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¹⁵ Hobbes, Frank, and Nicole Stoops, Demographic Trends in the 20th Century, U.S. Census Bureau, CENSR-4 (November 2002), p. 7.
¹⁶ Briney, Amanda, "The Sunbelt, The Sunbelt of the Southern and Western United States," ThoughtCo, updated August 7, 2019.
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²⁰ U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C14, Total Energy Consumption Estimates per Capita by End-Use Sector, Ranked by State, 2022.
²¹ Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Energy, 2023 Office of Energy Annual Report, p. 1.
²² Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Energy, 2023 Office of Energy Annual Report, p. 5.
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²⁴ U.S. EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), 2020 RECS Survey Data, State Data, Highlights for air conditioning in U.S. homes by state, 2020.
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²⁶ U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C1, Energy Consumption Overview: Estimates by Energy Source and End-Use Sector, 2022.
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²⁸ U.S. EIA, Electric Power Annual (October 2023), Table 3.7.
²⁹ U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors (thousand megawatthours), Florida, Annual, 2001-24.
³⁰ U.S. EIA, Florida Electricity Profile 2023, Table 2A, Table 2B.
³¹ U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors (thousand megawatthours), Florida, Annual, 2001-24.
³² U.S. EIA, "About 13% of U.S. electricity generating capacity can switch between natural gas and oil," Today in Energy (February 11, 2020).
³³ U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors (thousand megawatthours), Florida, Annual, 2001-24.
³⁴ U.S. EIA, "About 13% of U.S. electricity generating capacity can switch between natural gas and oil," Today in Energy (February 11, 2020).
³⁵ U.S. EIA, Electricity, Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B), 2023 Form EIA-860 Data, Schedule 3, 'Generator Data' (Operable Units Only).
³⁶ U.S. EIA, "About 20% of U.S. electric power generating capacity can operate on multiple fuels," Today in Energy (May 4, 2022).
³⁷ U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Florida, updated March 9, 2021.
³⁸ U.S. EIA, Florida Profile Overview, Interactive Map, Florida, Layer List: Nuclear Power Plants, accessed January 28, 2025.
³⁹ U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors (thousand megawatthours), Florida, Annual, 2001-24.
⁴⁰ U.S. EIA, Electricity, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (based on Form EIA-860M as a supplement to Form EIA-860), Inventory of Planned Generators as of January 2025, Plant State: Florida.
⁴¹ Delgado, Jason, "Florida exploring more nuclear energy options," Spectrum News (September 5, 2024).
⁴² U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors (thousand megawatthours), Florida, Annual, 2001-24.
⁴³ U.S. EIA, Electricity, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (based on Form EIA-860M as a supplement to Form EIA-860), Inventory of Operating Generators as of January 2025 and Inventory of Proposed Generators as of January 2025, Plant State: Florida.
⁴⁴ U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C17, Electricity Sales to Ultimate Customers, Total and Residential, Total and Per Capita, Ranked By State, 2022.
⁴⁵ U.S. EIA, Florida Electricity Profile 2023, Table 10.
⁴⁶ U.S. EIA, Florida Electricity Profile 2023, Table 10.
⁴⁷ U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors (thousand megawatthours), Florida, Annual, 2001-24.
⁴⁸ U.S. Census Bureau, Tables, Table B25040, House Heating Fuel, Florida, 2023 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.
⁴⁹ U.S. EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), 2020 RECS Survey Data, State Data, Highlights for air conditioning in U.S. homes by state, 2020.
⁵⁰ U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table F19, Electricity Consumption Estimates, 2023.
⁵¹ U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table F19, Electricity Consumption Estimates, 2023.
⁵² U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table ET6. Transportation sector energy price and expenditure estimates, selected years, 1970-2022, Florida.
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