EAGLE POINT POWER GENERATION

How EAGLE POINT POWER GENERATION compares

With 225 MW of capacity, EAGLE POINT POWER GENERATION ranks 17th among the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New Jersey and 12th of the 25 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.6% of New Jersey's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 527th-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. It shares Gloucester County with 4 other operating plants, including PAULSBORO REFINERY and WHEELABRATOR GLOUCESTER LP.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 252 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 225 MW). Net generation was 174 GWh in 2024 (a 7.9% capacity factor), down 29% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1990 and 2016.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is PENROSE (230 kV), about 2.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PUBLIC SERVICE ELEC & GAS CO, about 1.2 miles away. Another 36 operating power plants totaling 6,237 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HAY ROAD (1,193 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Quonix Datacenter (2401 Locust St) in Philadelphia, about 5.3 miles away.

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