The Ridge Generating Station Limited Partnership owns an independent power-producing unit between Auburndale
and Lakeland, Florida, that burns waste wood, waste tires, and landfill gas. The unit has a gross capacity of 45 MW and nets about 40 MW in sales to Florida Power Corporation. The plant came into operation in August 1994. Not counting Ridge
Generating Station, there are 12 WTE plants in Florida with a combined capacity of 486 MW. (Four are operated by
Wheelabrator.) Because of its climate, Florida also has a relatively high per-capita generation rate of urban wood wastes.