Bay County Waste to EnergyRetired
Bay County, Florida · EIA plant ID 10250 · Operator: Bay County Board-County Comm
×14 MW other retired since 2020 (latest Jan 2021)
Nameplate—MWSummer — MW
Generators0in service
Net generation—GWh12 mo
Capacity factor—no 923 generation in the last 12 months
Heat rate—Btu/kWhfossil units, electric fuel, HHV
First online—
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), primary-fuel units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 90.2 | 103.0% | — |
| 2002 | 79.2 | 90.4% | — |
| 2003 | 76.3 | 87.1% | — |
| 2004 | 74.1 | 84.4% | — |
| 2005 | 69.3 | 79.1% | — |
| 2006 | 68 | 77.6% | — |
| 2007 | 51.9 | 58.6% | — |
| 2008 | 11.8 | 13.4% | — |
| 2009 | 41.4 | 45.9% | — |
| 2010 | 59.1 | 65.3% | 27,135 |
| 2011 | 64 | 65.1% | 13,426 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2.0% | — |
| 2013 | 42.7 | 47.7% | — |
| 2014 | 40.2 | 45.9% | — |
| 2015 | 54.7 | 62.4% | 23,185 |
| 2016 | 57.4 | 65.1% | 23,356 |
| 2017 | 62.6 | 70.3% | 23,375 |
| 2018 | 45 | 48.7% | 26,443 |
| 2019 | 32.2 | 34.5% | 25,694 |
| 2020 | 50.5 | 56.8% | 21,902 |
| 2021 | 0.9 | — | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Municipal Solid Waste | ST | 13.6 | 10 | Mar 1987 | Retired Jan 2021 | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Bay County Board-County Comm. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
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Within 80 km.
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