114th largest plant in New Jersey · 6643rd nationally
Essex County Correctional Facility Cogen is a natural gas power plant in New Jersey with a nameplate capacity of 6.2 MW. It generates roughly 22.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,145 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 41% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 1287 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Essex County Correctional Facility Cogen |
|---|---|
| Operator | Essex County Correctional Facility Cogen |
| City | Newark |
| County | Essex County |
| State | New Jersey |
| ZIP | 07015 |
| Coordinates | 40.72050, -74.12630 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 3.1 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| EG2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 3.1 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Essex County | Fairfield, NJ | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 14.5k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 331 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1287 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pjm Interconnection, Llc |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.