{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox power station | name = Red Oak | image = | image_caption = | location_map_size = | country = United States | location = Sayreville, New Jersey | coordinates = {{coord|40|26|57|N|74|20|52|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | owner = Carlyle Group | operator = | status = O | th_fuel_primary = Natural gas | th_combined_cycle = | ps_units_operational = 4<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.powerplantjobs.com/ppj.nsf/PowerPlants3?OpenForm&cat=55239&companyname=AES%20Red%20Oak%20LLC&plantname=AES%20Red%20Oak%20LLC | title=I Recommend WPX Hosting }}</ref> | ps_electrical_capacity = 830 MW | commissioned = 2002 | decommissioned = }}
'''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.<ref>{{cite news | last = Nekson | first = Lloyd | title = Sayreville power plant named one of state's worst polluters, according to report | publisher = The Star-Ledger | date = September 12, 2013 | url = http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2013/09/sayreville_power_plant_named_one_of_states_worst_polluter_according_to_report.html | accessdate = 2015-03-25}}</ref>
Energy Capital acquired it from a subsidiary of the AES Corporation in April 2012,<ref>{{cite press release | title = Red Oak, LLC | publisher = Energy Capital Partners | url = http://www.ecpartners.com/investhm.aspx?invID=14 | accessdate = 2015-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | title = AES to sell 2700 MW in CCGT power plant assets for proceeds totaling $463MM | publisher = Penn Energy | date = February 27, 2012 | url = http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2012/02/aes-to-sell-2700-mw.html | accessdate = 2015-03-25}}</ref> which, in November 2013, sold it to the Carlyle Group.<ref>{{cite press release | title = The Carlyle Group Completes Acquisition of Red Oak Power Generation Facility | publisher = The Carlyle Group | date = November 7, 2013 | url = http://www.carlyle.com/news-room/news-release-archive/carlyle-group-completes-acquisition-red-oak-power-generation-facility | accessdate = 2015-03-25}}</ref>
Damage to the plant due to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 took it offline line for five months. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thedeal.com/content/energy/powerful-forces-push-generation-deals.php |title=Powerful forces push generation deals - the Deal Pipeline (SAMPLE CONTENT: NEED AN ID?) |access-date=2015-03-25 |archive-date=2014-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703140234/http://www.thedeal.com/content/energy/powerful-forces-push-generation-deals.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
TAQA subsidiary TAQA Gen-X owns 85% and Morgan Stanley owns 15% of the tolling agreement for the facility through its with partner.<ref>{{cite news | title = North America | publisher = TAQA | url = http://www.taqaglobal.com/our-regions/north-america/power?sc_lang=en | accessdate = 2015-03-25}}</ref> Natural gas is provided by New Jersey Resources.<ref>{{Cite web| title=In the matter of the petition of taqa Gen-X, LLC for emergent relief | url=http://www.state.nj.us/bpu/pdf/boardorders/2014/20141022/10-22-14-2C.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104815/http://www.state.nj.us/bpu/pdf/boardorders/2014/20141022/10-22-14-2C.pdf | archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Johnson | first = Tom | title = STATE AGENCY VOTES TO LET POWER COMPANY SWITCH UTILITIES | publisher = NJ Spotlight | date = September 3, 2013 | url = http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/09/02/state-agency-votes-to-let-power-company-switch-utilities/ | accessdate = 2015-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njresources.com/news/releases/2013/njng/14-13-TAQA-RedOak.asp|title=NJNG Receives Final BPU Approval to Add Largest Customer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Friedman | first = Alexi | title = N.J. Natural Gas strikes long-term deal to provide service to Sayreville power plant | publisher = The Star-Ledger | date = December 19, 2013 | url = http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/12/new_jersey_natural_gas_strikes.html | accessdate = 2015-03-25}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Report Reveals NJ's Top 5 Most Carbon Polluting Power Plants | publisher = Environment New Jersey | date = September 10, 2013 | url = http://www.environmentnewjersey.org/news/nje/report-reveals-nj’s-top-5-most-carbon-polluting-power-plants | accessdate = 2015-03-25}}</ref>
The Sayreville Energy Center operated by NextEra Energy Resources is nearby.<ref>{{cite news | title = Sayreville Energy Center | publisher = NextEra Energy | url = http://www.nexteraenergyresources.com/content/where/portfolio/pdf/Sayreville.pdf | accessdate = 2015-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Sayreville Energy Center | publisher = American Power Ventures | url = http://www.apv-mw.com/projects/sayreville-energy-center-nj/ | accessdate = 2015-03-25}}</ref>
==See also== *Neptune Cable *List of power stations in New Jersey *List of neighborhoods in Sayreville, New Jersey
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== External links == *[http://wikimapia.org/11138512/Red-Oak-Power-Station Wikimapia]
Category:Power stations in Middlesex County, New Jersey Category:Natural gas-fired power stations in New Jersey Category:Sayreville, New Jersey