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Passaic Valley Water Commission

Hydro power plant · Passaic County, New Jersey · not currently in service

Nameplate capacity
2.4 MW
Rank in New Jersey
#244
of 425 plants
In service since
1935
January 1935

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Passaic Valley Water Comm
County
Passaic County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among hydro plants in New Jersey
#3 of 3
EIA plant code
50311

Generating units

Individual generating units at Passaic Valley Water Commission
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.6 MW1935Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
GEN2Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.6 MW1935Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
GEN3Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.6 MW1935Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
GEN4Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.6 MW1935Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year

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 2.4 MW solar plant and a 2.4 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