FORKED RIVER

How FORKED RIVER compares

With 77 MW of capacity, FORKED RIVER ranks 21st among the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New Jersey and 15th of the 25 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.9% of New Jersey's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 736th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1989, it is older than 85% of the 128 operating New Jersey plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Ocean County with 5 other operating plants, including NAEA OCEAN PEAKING POWER LLC and NAEA LAKEWOOD LLC.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 77 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 3.8 GWh in 2024 (a 0.6% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LT CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 641 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NAEA OCEAN PEAKING POWER LLC (383 MW, Natural Gas).

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