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Bergen Generating Station

Natural gas power plant · Bergen County, New Jersey

Nameplate capacity
1,401 MW
Rank in New Jersey
#3
of 425 plants
In service since
1959
May 1959

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
—
County
Bergen County
Generating units
8
Share of state capacity
7.69%
Rank among natural gas plants in New Jersey
#2 of 51
EIA plant code
2398

Generating units

Individual generating units at Bergen Generating Station
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1501Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle325 MW204 MW1959Operating
2301Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle258 MW239 MW2002Operating
2101Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle184 MW179 MW2002Operating
2201Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle184 MW174 MW2002Operating
1101Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle113 MW120 MW1995Operating
1201Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle113 MW110 MW1995Operating
1301Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle113 MW115 MW1995Operating
1401Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle113 MW115 MW1995Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

Similarly sized plants in New Jersey

PSEG Salem Generating StationNuclear2,382 MW
Linden Generating StationNatural gas1,740 MW
PSEG Hope Creek Generating StationNuclear1,291 MW
Linden Cogen PlantNatural gas974 MW

About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1,401 MW solar plant and a 1,401 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All New Jersey power plants · What New Jersey actually generates