Newark Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Essex County, New Jersey
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Hartree Partners LP
- County
- Essex County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 4.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in New Jersey
- #7 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 58079
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 285 MW | 285 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| GT-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 225 MW | 209 MW | 2015 | Operating |
| GT-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 225 MW | 210 MW | 2015 | Operating |
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
| Woodbridge Energy Center | Natural gas | 773 MW |
| West Deptford Energy Station | Natural gas | 755 MW |
| Bayonne Energy Center | Natural gas | 644 MW |
| Sewaren | Natural gas | 610 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 735 MW solar plant and a 735 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