Red Oak Power


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.
Energy Capital acquired it from a subsidiary of the AES Corporation in April 2012, which, in November 2013, sold it to the Carlyle Group.
Effects of [Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey|Damage to the plant due to Hurricane Sandy] in 2012 took it offline line for five months.
TAQA subsidiary TAQA Gen-X owns 85% and Morgan Stanley owns 15% of the tolling agreement for the facility through its with partner. Natural gas is provided by New [Jersey Resources]. 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.
The Sayreville [Energy Center] operated by NextEra Energy Resources is nearby.