# Red Oak Power

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{{Infobox power station
| name                   = Red Oak
| image                  = 
| image_caption          = 
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| country                = United States 
| location               = [Sayreville, New Jersey](/source/Sayreville%2C_New_Jersey)
| coordinates            = {{coord|40|26|57|N|74|20|52|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| owner                  = [Carlyle Group](/source/Carlyle_Group)
| operator               = 
| status                 = O
| th_fuel_primary        = [Natural gas](/source/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&nbsp;MW
| commissioned           = 2002
| decommissioned         = 
}}

'''Red Oak''' is an 830-megawatt combined cycle gas turbine [power plant](/source/power_plant) located in [Sayreville, New Jersey](/source/Sayreville%2C_New_Jersey) not far from the [South River](/source/South_River_(Raritan_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Effects_of_Hurricane_Sandy_in_New_Jersey) in 2012 took it offline line for five months.
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[TAQA](/source/TAQA) subsidiary TAQA Gen-X owns 85% and [Morgan Stanley](/source/Morgan_Stanley) owns 15% of the [tolling agreement](/source/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](/source/Natural_gas)  is provided by [New Jersey Resources](/source/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](/source/PJM_Interconnection) of the [Eastern Interconnection](/source/Eastern_Interconnection) grid [electric transmission system](/source/Electric_power_transmission). 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](/source/Sayreville_Energy_Center) operated by [NextEra Energy Resources](/source/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](/source/Neptune_Cable)
*[List of power stations in New Jersey](/source/List_of_power_stations_in_New_Jersey)
*[List of neighborhoods in Sayreville, New Jersey](/source/List_of_neighborhoods_in_Sayreville%2C_New_Jersey)

== References ==
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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

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