Natural gas power plants in New Jersey

51 operating natural gas power plants in New Jersey with 12,102 MW of natural gas capacity, largest first. From EIA-860M, August 2026.

Plants

Natural gas capacity

12,102 MW

Net generation, 2025

30.2 TWh

50 of 51 plants reported

Largest

Linden Generating Station

1,740 MW

Largest natural gas power plants in New Jersey

#	Plant	Natural gas MW	2025 net generation, GWhGWh, 2025	Capacity factor	Operator
1	Linden Generating StationUnion County	1,740	4,442	29.1%	Linden Combined Cycle
2	Bergen Generating StationBergen County	1,401	3,193	26.0%	Parkway Generation Operating, LLC
3	Linden Cogen PlantUnion County	974	5,740	67.3%	EFS Cogen Holdings I LLC
4	Red Oak Power LLCMiddlesex County	821	3,449	47.9%	Red Oak Operating Services LLC
5	Woodbridge Energy CenterMiddlesex County	773	3,828	56.5%	Woodbridge Energy Center
6	West Deptford Energy StationGloucester County	755	379	5.7%	West Deptford Energy LLC
7	Newark Energy CenterEssex County	735	2,601	40.4%	Hartree Partners LP
8	Bayonne Energy CenterHudson County	644	932	16.5%	Bayonne Energy Center LLC
9	SewarenMiddlesex County	610	2,123	39.8%	Parkway Generation Sewaren Urban Renewal Entity LLC
10	Kearny Generating StationHudson County	605	270	5.1%	Parkway Generation Operating, LLC
11	GilbertHunterdon County	512	88.3	2.0%	Gilbert Power, LLC
12	Sayreville Cogeneration FacilityMiddlesex County	430	879	23.3%	Sayreville Power Generation LP
13	NAEA Ocean Peaking Power LLCOcean County	398	302	–	Essential Power Operating Company, LLC
14	Eagle Point Power GenerationGloucester County	252	205	9.3%	Eagle Point Power Generation LLC
15	Burlington Generating StationBurlington County	242	53.0	2.5%	Parkway Generation Operating, LLC
16	Cumberland (NJ)Cumberland County	231	119	5.9%	Calpine New Jersey Generation LLC
17	SayrevilleMiddlesex County	212	0.5	–	Sayreville Power, LLC
18	Camden Plant Holding LLCCamden County	173	97.9	6.5%	Camden Energy Center
19	Sherman AvenueCumberland County	113	43.0	4.4%	Calpine New Jersey Generation LLC
20	Forked RiverOcean County	77	15.7	2.3%	Forked River Power, LLC
21	ClayvilleCumberland County	73	70.2	11.0%	City of Vineland - (NJ)
22	Howard DownCumberland County	68	67.3	11.3%	City of Vineland - (NJ)
23	Paulsboro RefineryGloucester County	61	348	50.5%	Paulsboro Refining Company - LLC
24	Kenilworth Energy FacilityUnion County	29	163	64.7%	E F Kenilworth LLC
25	Princeton University CogenerationMercer County · Solar and natural gas	16	77.2	27.5%	Trustees of Princeton University
26	Merck Rahway Power PlantUnion County	15	39.3	21.6%	Merck & Co Inc
27	Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLCWarren County	12	55.2	51.2%	Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC
28	Montclair State University CogenPassaic County	12	47.1	45.6%	Cartier Energy, LLC
29	Hoffmann LaRocheEssex County	11	50.0	53.8%	PB Nutclif Master, LLC
30	Rutgers Biomedical and Health CogenEssex County	11	47.1	51.2%	Rutgers, The State University of NJ
31	Bristol Myers Squibb LawrencevilleMercer County	9.9	43.8	45.0%	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
32	Bristol Myers Squibb New BrunswickMiddlesex County	9.5	56.0	60.9%	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
33	Haworth Water Treatment PlantBergen County · Natural gas and oil	8.0	14.6	10.4%	NextEra Renewable Fuels, LLC
34	DTE Atlantic, LLCAtlantic County	7.5	58.3	88.8%	DTE Atlantic, LLC
35	College of New JerseyMercer County	6.2	27.8	51.2%	The College of New Jersey
36	Essex County Correctional Facility CogenEssex County	6.2	23.8	43.8%	Essex County Correctional Facility Cogen
37	Vicinity Energy Trenton, L.P.Mercer County	6.0	0.2	0.4%	Vicinity Energy Trenton, L.P.
38	ACM - Midtown ThermalAtlantic County	5.5	46.4	96.3%	Cartier Energy, LLC
39	CIP II/AR Bridgewater Holdings - NJCOESomerset County	5.0	26.1	59.6%	COE Bridgewater LLC c/o Thor Equities, LLC
40	Princeton Energy Center, LLCMiddlesex County	4.6	26.0	27.5%	Princeton Energy Center LLC
41	Morristown Medical CenterMorris County	4.6	32.5	80.6%	Atlantic Health System
42	Hopewell Cogeneration NJMercer County	4.0	0.3	0.8%	Hopewell Campus Owners LLC
43	DCO BurlingtonBurlington County	3.5	–	–	Cartier Energy, LLC
44	LabCorp EngineSomerset County	3.2	0.2	0.8%	Onsite Partners, LLC
45	Overlook Medical CenterUnion County	2.6	11.4	–	Atlantic Health System
46	IIV000 Mt Bethel Fuel CellSomerset County	2.6	19.4	85.1%	2016 ESA Project Company, LLC
47	EQX012 Harz Fuel CellHudson County	2.5	19.1	87.1%	2016 ESA Project Company, LLC
48	EQX003 Secaucus Rd Fuel CellHudson County	2.0	15.4	88.1%	2016 ESA Project Company, LLC
49	AT&T MiddletownMonmouth County	2.0	16.8	95.9%	Bloom Energy 2009 PPA
50	Altice - ParsippanyMorris County	2.0	16.4	93.5%	Bloom Energy
51	EQX002 Secaucus Rd Fuel CellHudson County	1.5	12.1	92.0%	2016 ESA Project Company, LLC

Projects where natural gas is the largest fuel or at least a fifth of nameplate capacity. MW is natural gas nameplate only; net generation covers the whole project. Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24, and EIA-923 2025. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources

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