GILBERT

How GILBERT compares

With 608 MW of capacity, GILBERT ranks 8th among the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New Jersey and is the largest of the 3 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 74% of New Jersey's operating Oil capacity and 4.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 10th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1974, it is older than 93% of the 128 operating New Jersey plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NRG REMA LLC, runs 2 operating plants in New Jersey totaling 820 MW. It shares Hunterdon County with 4 other operating plants, including FLEMINGTON SOLAR and FRENCHTOWN I SOLAR.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 512 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 608 MW). Net generation was 54.8 GWh in 2024 (a 1.2% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1974 and 1996.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is STEEL CITY (500 kV), about 8.5 miles away; 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 13 operating power plants totaling 3,893 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PPL MARTINS CREEK (1,790 MW, Oil). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Piscataway (PNJ1) in Piscataway, about 35.7 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