47 MW Muni. Waste operating in Hillsborough, FL — Tampa Electric Company
47 MW
Nameplate Capacity
2
Generators
units
Municipal Solid Waste
Technology
1987
Operating Since
Coordinates
27.9547, -82.3404
County
Hillsborough, FL
Nearby Plants
Owner data does not fully agree across sources.
EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.
| Field | EIA | GEM | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Hillsborough County | Reworld Waste | — |
| Owner(s) | Hillsborough County | County of Hillsborough (Florida) | — |
| Status | Operating | operating | — |
Hillsborough County Resource Recovery is a 47 MW waste-to-energy plant located in Hillsborough County, Florida. The plant began operating in 1987 and is owned and operated by the County of Hillsborough. It utilizes municipal solid waste (MSW) as its primary fuel source and consists of two generators. The plant's balancing authority is Tampa Electric Company, and it falls within the SERC NERC region.
In the most recent year of reported data, the plant generated 201,072 MWh of electricity, achieving a capacity factor of 48.7%. Hillsborough County Resource Recovery ranks as the 7th largest MSW plant out of 9 in Florida, and 21st out of 56 nationally.
Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources
NERC Region
SERC
Balancing Authority
Tampa Electric Company
Grid Voltage
69 kV
Regulatory Status
NR
Entity Type
Municipal
Sector
Commercial Non-CHP
17.9K MWh
Latest Month
201.1K MWh
Annual Generation
48.7%
Capacity Factor
No financial data available for this plant.
This plant is outside organized wholesale electricity markets (ISOs/RTOs). Nodal pricing data is not available.
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