NJ · State grid profile

New Jersey power grid

New Jersey's operating portfolio is dominated by natural gas, with nuclear providing most of the remaining large-scale capacity. Solar is widely distributed across a relatively large number of mapped facilities.

Final 2024 state totalsPreliminary 2025 facilitiesCommunity-reported data centers
Operating capacity18,047 MWFinal EIA-860 2024
Power plants409615 operating generators
Proposed capacity39 MW0.2% of current capacity
Community-mapped locations20Incomplete OpenStreetMap coverage

Coverage quality

What is complete here?

PassState totalsFinal 2024 EIA-860 generator records cover the state.
PassFacility list2025 Early Release records are nationwide but preliminary.
LimitedData centersCommunity mapping is useful for discovery, not a complete inventory.

Generation portfolio

New Jersey capacity by fuel

Nameplate capacity · MW
Oil & gas68.7%12,400 MW
Nuclear20.1%3,631 MW
Solar6.6%1,183 MW
Hydro2.6%468 MW
Biomass1.2%218 MW
Storage0.6%110 MW
Coal0.1%18 MW
Industrial & other0.1%11 MW
Wind0%9 MW

Facility intelligence

Largest New Jersey power plants

EIA-860 2025 early release facility records
PlantPrimary fuelLocationUtilityOperating capacity
PSEG Salem Generating StationPlant 2410NuclearHancocks Bridge, NJSalem CountyPSEG Nuclear LLC2,382 MW
Linden Generating StationPlant 2406Oil & gasLinden, NJUnion CountyLinden Combined Cycle1,740 MW
Bergen Generating StationPlant 2398Oil & gasRidgefield, NJBergen CountyParkway Generation Operating, LLC1,401 MW
PSEG Hope Creek Generating StationPlant 6118NuclearHancocks Bridge, NJSalem CountyPSEG Nuclear LLC1,291 MW
Linden Cogen PlantPlant 50006Oil & gasLinden, NJUnion CountyEFS Cogen Holdings I LLC974 MW
Red Oak Power LLCPlant 55239Oil & gasSayreville, NJMiddlesex CountyRed Oak Operating Services LLC821 MW
Woodbridge Energy CenterPlant 57839Oil & gasKeasbey, NJMiddlesex CountyWoodbridge Energy Center773 MW
West Deptford Energy StationPlant 56963Oil & gasWest Deptford, NJGloucester CountyWest Deptford Energy LLC755 MW
Newark Energy CenterPlant 58079Oil & gasNewark, NJEssex CountyHartree Partners LP735 MW
Bayonne Energy CenterPlant 56964Oil & gasBayonne, NJHudson CountyBayonne Energy Center LLC644 MW

Methodology

Transparent by design

State totals and fuel mix use finalized EIA-860 2024 generator data. The facility table uses the EIA-860 2025 Early Release and is preliminary. Data-center counts use OpenStreetMap community records and measure mapped coverage, not the full market.

EIA-860 sourceOpenStreetMap