RED OAK POWER LLC

How RED OAK POWER LLC compares

With 966 MW of capacity, RED OAK POWER LLC ranks 6th among the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New Jersey and 4th of the 25 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 11% of New Jersey's operating Natural Gas capacity and 6.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 102nd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2002, it is older than 71% of the 128 operating New Jersey plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Middlesex County with 29 other operating plants, including PSEG SEWAREN GENERATING STATION and SAYREVILLE COGENERATION FACILITY.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 821 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 966 MW). Net generation was 3,249 GWh in 2024 (a 45% capacity factor), up 4% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SAYREVILLE (500 kV), about 1.8 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 56 operating power plants totaling 7,436 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PSEG LINDEN GENERATING STATION (1,759 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 29 mapped data centers; the nearest is QTS Piscataway (PNJ1) in Piscataway, about 10.3 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