Bergen Generating Station is a gas-fired
power plant
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid.
Many pow ...
owned and operated by
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G).
[http://www.pjm.com/pub/planning/project-queues/facilities/a05_fac.pdf ] It located on the banks of
Overpeck Creek near its confluence with the
Hackensack River
The Hackensack River is a river, approximately 45 miles (72 km) long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor. The watershed of the river includes part of the subur ...
in
Ridgefield in
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[New Jersey Meadowlands
New Jersey Meadowlands, also known as the Hackensack Meadowlands after the primary river flowing through it, is a general name for the large ecosystem of wetlands in northeastern New Jersey in the United States, a few miles to the west of N ...]
, it is adjacent to the
Little Ferry Yard
Little Ferry Yard is a railyard and Intermodal freight transport, intermodal terminal in the Port of New York and New Jersey served by the River Subdivision (CSX Transportation), CSX River Subdivision (CSXT), New York, Susquehanna and Western Railw ...
.
The plant supplies electricity to
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
and, via the
Hudson Project
The Hudson Project is a 345 kV AC Overhead power line, powerline for the power supply of New York City from PSEG's Bergen Generating Station, in Ridgefield, New Jersey. It was laid by Anbaric Development Partners.
Overview
It consists of a HVDC ba ...
, to
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
.
The cooling tower make-up water is furnished by BCUA Bergen County Utilities Authority, eliminating the need for utilizing potable water.
See also
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List of power stations in New Jersey
References
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Buildings and structures in Bergen County, New Jersey
New Jersey Meadowlands District
Natural gas-fired power stations in New Jersey
Coal-fired power stations in New Jersey
Ridgefield, New Jersey
New York City infrastructure
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