Essex Generating Station

The Essex Generating Station is a peaking power plant on the banks of the Passaic River, three miles east of Downtown in Newark, New Jersey.[1]

Essex Generating Station
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CountryUnited States of America
LocationNewark, New Jersey
Coordinates40°44′18″N 74°07′35″W / 40.73833°N 74.12639°W / 40.73833; -74.12639
StatusDecommissioned
Commission date1915
1926
1971
1990
Decommission date
  • June 2022
Owner(s)PSE&G
Thermal power station
Primary fuelNatural gas
Turbine technologyCombustion Turbine
Cooling sourcePassaic River
Power generation
Units operational4
Nameplate capacity617 MW

Owned by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, it was designed and constructed in 1915–16 and by 1924 six generators had been installed, totaling 214,444 kva.[2]

Four simple cycle combustion turbines totaling 617 MW. Three were brought on line in 1971, and another in 1990.[3] They were later replaced.[4]

The electrical substation facility suffered severe damage during Hurricane Sandy.[5] It is part of the PJM Interconnection of the Eastern Interconnection grid electric transmission system.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ "Power Plant Parcels of New Jersey".
  2. ^ Taylor, D. W. (1939). "Reconstruction of switching facilities at Essex generating station". Electrical Engineering. 58 (11): 761–769. doi:10.1109/EE.1939.6431631. S2CID 51673712.
  3. ^ "The Essex Generating Station". PSEG. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
  4. ^ "Energy Justice Communities Map".
  5. ^ "PSE&G crews furiously working to clean facility to get power back to thousands". November 2012.
  6. ^ ftp://www.pjm.com/planning/project-queues/impact_studies/w4034_imp.pdf