31st largest plant in New Jersey · 3223rd nationally
Howard Down is a natural gas power plant in New Jersey with a nameplate capacity of 68.2 MW. It generates roughly 68.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 6,546 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 12% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1211 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Howard Down |
|---|---|
| Operator | City Of Vineland - (Nj) |
| City | Vineland |
| County | Cumberland County |
| State | New Jersey |
| ZIP | 08360 |
| Coordinates | 39.48890, -75.03470 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 68.2 MW | Operating | 2012 |
| 10 | Petroleum Liquids | Residual Oil | 25.0 MW | Retired | 1970 |
| 9 | Petroleum Liquids | Residual Oil | 16.5 MW | Retired | 1960 |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | Residual Oil | 12.5 MW | Retired | 1955 |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | Residual Oil | 7.5 MW | Retired | 1952 |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | Residual Oil | 5.0 MW | Retired | 1949 |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | Residual Oil | 4.0 MW | Retired | 1942 |
| CO₂ | 41.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 9 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1211 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.