Construction Starting on Lakeland Electric's 'Next Generation' Power Plant

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Heavy rains around Lake Parker broke long enough Monday afternoon to let a line of officials shovel soil at a ceremony marking the beginning of construction of Lakeland Electric's $155 million "next generation" power plant.

Roughly 65 people attended the ceremony at the utility's CD McIntosh Jr. Power Plant, where six 680,000-pound reciprocal engines are expected to come online around December 2023.

Here is a look at what will be built:

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Demolition has begun on McIntosh units 1, 2 and 3 and is expected to take nearly a year and a half to complete. Here is time-lapse video from Lakeland Electric of one of the first demolition projects:

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