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==Coal to natural gas==
A new 1,640-megawatt CCGT plant is planned to be built on 400 acres of land adjacent to the company’s Crystal River complex and would start producing electricity in 2018. Two coal-fired units at Crystal River, units 1 and 2 totaling 964,.3 MW, are expected to be shut down that same year.<ref>Jim Saunders, [http://jacksonville.com/business/2014-05-14/story/duke-energy-florida-plans-scrap-coal-power-plants-switch-natural-gas "Duke Energy Florida plans to scrap coal power plants, switch to natural gas,"] News Service of Florida Wed, May 14, 2014</ref>
The gas plant was completed in November 2018, and the coal-fired units retired at the end of December 2018.<ref name=hd/>
