Polk County Reliability Enhancement Project

Duke Energy is committed to providing customers with reliable, safe and increasingly clean energy. We’re improving our transmission infrastructure – the backbone of our state’s energy system – powering communities and helping to build the smarter, cleaner energy future that customers want. 

The Duke Energy-owned Osprey Energy Center is strategically located in Central Florida, a region experiencing population growth. A project to construct a new Osprey Substation and two new transmission lines was announced in 2018. The transmission system in Florida is interconnected and used by all utilities in the state and their customers. This project will help strengthen reliability and enable Duke Energy and other Florida utilities to deliver additional energy generated at the Osprey Energy Center to the major growth areas in Central Florida and surrounding areas. Construction is underway for the new substation located at 1708 Derby Road in Auburndale, Fla.

The two new 230-kilvolt (kV) transmission lines, totaling approximately 48 miles, will help avoid overloads on the existing Duke Energy transmission system by supplying an alternate path of energy flow to the surrounding areas. The new transmission infrastructure will also provide the opportunity for future economic development and growth in the region.