PAULSBORO REFINERY

How PAULSBORO REFINERY compares

With 75 MW of capacity, PAULSBORO REFINERY ranks 22nd among the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New Jersey and 16th 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 740th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1982, it is older than 92% of the 128 operating New Jersey plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Gloucester County with 4 other operating plants, including EAGLE POINT POWER GENERATION and WHEELABRATOR GLOUCESTER LP.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 79 MW of nameplate capacity, led by natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 352 GWh in 2024 (a 51% capacity factor), up 24% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1982 and 2006.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is EDDYSTONE (230 kV), about 3.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 1.5 miles away. Another 34 operating power plants totaling 5,531 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 8.7 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