Power plants in New Jersey

427 operating power projects with 17,865 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026.

Projects

427

Nameplate capacity

17,865 MW

Counties with a plant

21

Operators

172

Power markets: PJM prices, NYISO prices

Capacity by fuel

Natural gas · 12,102 MW · 50Nuclear · 3,631 MW · 2Solar · 1,301 MW · 352Pumped storage · 453 MW · 1Other fuels · 229 MW · 11Battery storage · 130 MW · 9Hydro · 12 MW · 1Wind · 8 MW · 1

MW is nameplate from operating generators and batteries. Plant counts use each project's primary fuel, so a coal and gas plant counts once.

Largest power plants in New Jersey

Top 50 · All 427 plants
PlantPrimary fuelMWCountyOperator
PSEG Salem Generating StationNuclear2,340SalemPSEG Nuclear LLC
Linden Generating StationNatural gas1,740UnionLinden Combined Cycle
Bergen Generating StationNatural gas1,401BergenParkway Generation Operating, LLC
PSEG Hope Creek Generating StationNuclear1,291SalemPSEG Nuclear LLC
Linden Cogen PlantNatural gas974UnionEFS Cogen Holdings I LLC
Red Oak Power LLCNatural gas821MiddlesexRed Oak Operating Services LLC
Woodbridge Energy CenterNatural gas773MiddlesexWoodbridge Energy Center
West Deptford Energy StationNatural gas755GloucesterWest Deptford Energy LLC
Newark Energy CenterNatural gas735EssexHartree Partners LP
Bayonne Energy CenterNatural gas644HudsonBayonne Energy Center LLC

New Jersey power plants by fuel

Newest plants in New Jersey

Ordered by the month the first generator began operating.

Counties with the most capacity

Largest operators in New Jersey

Grouped by EIA operator name. Parent companies are not merged.

All 427 plants in New Jersey, by county

Atlantic County 17 plants

Bergen County 9 plants

Burlington County 40 plants

Camden County 20 plants

Cape May County 3 plants

Cumberland County 21 plants

Essex County 21 plants

Gloucester County 23 plants

Hudson County 21 plants

Hunterdon County 17 plants

Mercer County 26 plants

Middlesex County 68 plants

Monmouth County 26 plants

Morris County 17 plants

Ocean County 17 plants

Passaic County 5 plants

Salem County 5 plants

Somerset County 24 plants

Sussex County 9 plants

Union County 21 plants

Warren County 17 plants

Questions about power plants in New Jersey

How many power plants are in New Jersey?

EIA-860M for August 2026 lists 427 operating power projects in New Jersey, with 17,865 MW of nameplate capacity including batteries.

What is the largest power plant in New Jersey?

PSEG Salem Generating Station in Salem County, with 2,340 MW of nameplate capacity. The next largest is Linden Generating Station, with 1,740 MW.

How much of New Jersey's capacity is nuclear?

3,631 MW, about 20% of nameplate capacity. 2 projects have nuclear as their primary fuel.

Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources