SAYREVILLE

How SAYREVILLE compares

With 212 MW of capacity, SAYREVILLE ranks 18th among the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New Jersey and 2nd of the 3 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 26% of New Jersey's operating Oil capacity and 1.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 25th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is older than 94% 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 Middlesex County with 29 other operating plants, including RED OAK POWER LLC and PSEG SEWAREN GENERATING STATION.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 212 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. The plant was a net consumer of electricity in 2024 (-2.2 GWh). Its generators came online between 1972 and 1973.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SAYREVILLE (500 kV), about 0.3 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 8,190 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 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