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Paulsboro Refinery

Natural gas power plant · Gloucester County, New Jersey

Nameplate capacity
79 MW
Rank in New Jersey
#24
of 425 plants
In service since
1982
August 1982

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Paulsboro Refining Company - LLC
County
Gloucester County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.43%
Rank among natural gas plants in New Jersey
#21 of 51
EIA plant code
50628

Generating units

Individual generating units at Paulsboro Refinery
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine31 MW27 MW1991Operating
GEN4Petroleum Coke18 MW12 MW2006Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year
GEN2Other Gases15 MW15 MW1982Operating
GEN3Other Gases15 MW15 MW1991Operating

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 79 MW solar plant and a 79 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