Montclair State University Cogen
Natural gas power plant · Passaic County, New Jersey
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Cartier Energy, LLC
- County
- Passaic County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among natural gas plants in New Jersey
- #29 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 63501
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 6.4 MW | 5.4 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| ENG-1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.7 MW | 2.7 MW | 2018 | Operating |
| ENG-2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.7 MW | 2.7 MW | 2018 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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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 12 MW solar plant and a 12 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