LINDEN COGEN PLANT

How LINDEN COGEN PLANT compares

With 974 MW of capacity, LINDEN COGEN PLANT ranks 5th among the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New Jersey and 3rd of the 25 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 11% of New Jersey's operating Natural Gas capacity and 6.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 99th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1992, it is older than 78% of the 128 operating New Jersey plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Union County with 9 other operating plants, including PSEG LINDEN GENERATING STATION and UNION COUNTY RESOURCE RECOVERY.

EIA-860 lists 9 generators at the site with 974 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 5,625 GWh in 2024 (a 66% capacity factor), up 7% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1992 and 2002.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WAVERLY, about 4.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PUBLIC SERVICE ELEC & GAS CO, about 0.1 miles away. Another 76 operating power plants totaling 16,225 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is RAVENSWOOD (2,625 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 29 mapped data centers; the nearest is Telehouse - Teleport Center (New York) in Staten Island, about 2.8 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