CUMBERLAND

How CUMBERLAND compares

With 231 MW of capacity, CUMBERLAND ranks 16th among the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New Jersey and 11th of the 25 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.7% of New Jersey's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 522nd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1990, it is older than 82% of the 128 operating New Jersey plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CALPINE NEW JERSEY GENERATION LLC, runs 2 operating plants in New Jersey totaling 344 MW. It shares Cumberland County with 15 other operating plants, including SHERMAN AVENUE and HOWARD DOWN.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 231 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 59.9 GWh in 2024 (a 2.9% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1990 and 2009.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 17 operating power plants totaling 246 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SHERMAN AVENUE (113 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is IPR Wilmington CCC in Wilmington, about 40.3 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology