PSEG SALEM GENERATING STATION

How PSEG SALEM GENERATING STATION compares

With 2,382 MW of capacity, PSEG SALEM GENERATING STATION is the largest of the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New Jersey and the largest of the 2 operating Nuclear plants in the state. It accounts for about 65% of New Jersey's operating Nuclear capacity and 16% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 12th-largest of the 55 operating Nuclear plants in the database. Commissioned in 1971, it is older than 95% of the 128 operating New Jersey plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, PSEG NUCLEAR LLC, runs 2 operating plants in New Jersey totaling 3,673 MW. It shares Salem County with 2 other operating plants, PSEG HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION and PILESGROVE.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 2,382 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly nuclear technology. Net generation was 18,710 GWh in 2024 (an 89% capacity factor), down 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1971 and 1981.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CLAYMONT (230 kV), about 23.8 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 500 kV line owned by ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 20 operating power plants totaling 4,766 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PSEG HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION (1,291 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is USNAMES-NET in Wilmington, about 19.2 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