Red Oak Power Explained

Red Oak
Country:United States
Location:Sayreville, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.4492°N -74.3478°W
Owner:Carlyle Group
Status:O
Th Fuel Primary:Natural gas
Ps Units Operational:4[1]
Ps Electrical Capacity:830 MW
Commissioned:2002

Red Oak is an 830-megawatt combined cycle gas turbine power plant located in Sayreville, New Jersey not far from the South River opened in 2002.[2]

Energy Capital acquired it from a subsidiary of the AES Corporation in April 2012,[3] [4] which, in November 2013, sold it to the Carlyle Group.[5]

Damage to the plant due to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 took it offline line for five months.[6]

TAQA subsidiary TAQA Gen-X owns 85% and Morgan Stanley owns 15% of the tolling agreement for the facility through its with partner.[7] Natural gas is provided by New Jersey Resources.[8] [9] [10] [11] It is part of the PJM Interconnection of the Eastern Interconnection grid electric transmission system. A 2013 report named It is one of the largest single sources of carbon pollution in the state.[12]

The Sayreville Energy Center operated by NextEra Energy Resources is nearby.[13] [14]

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  1. Web site: I Recommend WPX Hosting .
  2. News: Nekson . Lloyd . Sayreville power plant named one of state's worst polluters, according to report . The Star-Ledger . September 12, 2013 . 2015-03-25.
  3. Red Oak, LLC . Energy Capital Partners . 2015-03-25.
  4. AES to sell 2700 MW in CCGT power plant assets for proceeds totaling $463MM . Penn Energy . February 27, 2012 . 2015-03-25.
  5. The Carlyle Group Completes Acquisition of Red Oak Power Generation Facility . The Carlyle Group . November 7, 2013 . 2015-03-25.
  6. Web site: Powerful forces push generation deals - the Deal Pipeline (SAMPLE CONTENT: NEED AN ID?) . 2015-03-25 . 2014-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140703140234/http://www.thedeal.com/content/energy/powerful-forces-push-generation-deals.php . dead .
  7. News: North America . TAQA . 2015-03-25.
  8. http://www.state.nj.us/bpu/pdf/boardorders/2014/20141022/10-22-14-2C.pdf
  9. News: Johnson . Tom . STATE AGENCY VOTES TO LET POWER COMPANY SWITCH UTILITIES . NJ Spotlight . September 3, 2013 . 2015-03-25.
  10. Web site: NJNG Receives Final BPU Approval to Add Largest Customer.
  11. News: Friedman . Alexi . N.J. Natural Gas strikes long-term deal to provide service to Sayreville power plant . The Star-Ledger . December 19, 2013 . 2015-03-25.
  12. Report Reveals NJ's Top 5 Most Carbon Polluting Power Plants . Environment New Jersey . September 10, 2013 . 2015-03-25.
  13. News: Sayreville Energy Center . NextEra Energy . 2015-03-25.
  14. News: Sayreville Energy Center . American Power Ventures . 2015-03-25.

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