NAEA Lakewood LLC
Natural gas power plant · Ocean County, New Jersey
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Essential Power Operating Company, LLC
- County
- Ocean County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.58%
- Rank among natural gas plants in New Jersey
- #14 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 54640
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 101 MW | 90 MW | 1994 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 101 MW | 89 MW | 1994 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 86 MW | 87 MW | 1994 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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
| Sayreville Cogeneration Facility | Natural gas | 430 MW |
| NAEA Ocean Peaking Power LLC | Natural gas | 398 MW |
| Eagle Point Power Generation | Natural gas | 252 MW |
| Burlington Generating Station | Natural gas | 242 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 288 MW solar plant and a 288 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