15th largest plant in New Jersey · 812th nationally
Sayreville Cogeneration Facility is a natural gas power plant in New Jersey with a nameplate capacity of 430 MW. It generates roughly 938.2k MWh per year — enough to power about 89,351 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 25% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 1031 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (430 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Sayreville Cogeneration Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | Sayreville Power Generation Lp |
| City | Sayreville |
| County | Middlesex County |
| State | New Jersey |
| ZIP | 08872 |
| Coordinates | 40.43900, -74.34440 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 143 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 143 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 143 MW | Operating | 1991 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vistra Corp | Irving, TX | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 483.8k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 338 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1031 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.