Dinner Lake

Brownfield

Sebring, Highlands, Florida · Tampa Electric Co

Legacy capacity
13
MW

Dinner Lake is a natural gas plant in Sebring, Highlands, Florida, retired 2003-01-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 13 MW of generation, so the grid hookup, transmission rights, and often cooling-water access are already in place — collapsing the speed-to-power timeline versus a greenfield build.

Former use & capacity

Former usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity13 MW
Retirement date2003-01-01
EIA plant ID#747

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation4.8 mi
OperatorTampa Electric Co
Operator address1246 North Ridgewood Dr., Sebring, FL, 33870
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas plant of this scale leaves behind a high-capacity grid interconnection that a new load can re-use, frequently shaving years off the interconnection queue. Retired-plant sites also tend to be already zoned for heavy industrial use with established road, rail, and water infrastructure.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Dinner Lake, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Dinner Lake
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
FORT MEADESubstation-AdjacentFLPolk County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs72.4
DESOTO COUNTY PLANTSubstation-AdjacentFLDeSoto County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs70.9
DESOTO NEXT GENERATION SOLAR ENERGYSubstation-AdjacentFLDeSoto County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs70.7
WHIDDENSubstation-AdjacentFLDeSoto County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs70.2
UNKNOWN108485Substation-AdjacentFLDeSoto County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs68.7
Greenfield (FORT MEADE - WEST LAKE WALES)GreenfieldFLPolk County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs67.6
FISHEATING CREEKSubstation-AdjacentFLHighlands County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs66.2
UNKNOWN153224Substation-AdjacentFLHardee County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs65.8

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Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Brownfield attributes are derived from EIA retired-generator and EPA public data. Existing capacity reflects the retired plant's historical nameplate, not deliverable interconnection for a new load. Confirm reusable interconnection rights, remediation status, and site availability with the utility, ISO, and current owner.

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