Dive Summary:

• Florida Light & Power (FLP), a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, announced plans to build the Next Generation Clean Energy Center, a 1,277 MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant that will cost $1 billion.
• The utility will erect the plant starting in early 2014 at the site of the 1960s Port Everglades Power Plant that FLP will demolish starting July 16.
• The Next Generation Clean Energy Center will cut carbon dioxide emissions in half and reduce emissions by more than 90 %, FPL said in a release.

From the article:
"The '60s-era Port Everglades Power Plant was a four-unit oil and natural gas-fired power plant that was capable of generating 1,200 MW. It went into service between 1960 and 1965."