Query
Yards Creek Energy
Type
Entity Briefing
Entity
Yards Creek Energy
Generated
2026-10-17T23:37:35.545Z

Briefing on Yards Creek Energy

Entity Briefing
Generated Oct 17, 2026·Dataset freshness not reported
453 MW
Capacity
Operating
Current status
1965
Operating since
3
Generators
-5.9%
Capacity factor
-235 GWh
Annual generation
Briefing/plantOperating

Yards Creek Energy is a 453 MW Hydroelectric Pumped Storage asset in PJM Interconnection, currently Operating.

Yards Creek Energy is reported in New Jersey since 1965 under Yards Creek Energy. Available operating and financial measures include -5.9% capacity factor and -235 GWh annual generation; $159/kW reported CapEx.

Location
Warren, New Jersey
Technology
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage
Owner / parent
Yards Creek Energy
Operator
Yards Creek Energy
Grid
PJM Interconnection
Plant ID
6522

What stands out

1

Yards Creek Energy is a 453 MW Hydroelectric Pumped Storage asset in New Jersey with status Operating.

2

Latest annual operating measures report -5.9% capacity factor and -235 GWh annual generation.

3

Available financial measures include $29.8/MWh OpEx, $159/kW CapEx.

4

Latest linked story: “PSEG Power Unloads Its Yards Creek Hydro-Pump Storage Facility” (NJ Spotlight News, 2020-02-28).

Market and operating context

ISO / market
PJM Interconnection
Balancing authority
PJM Interconnection, LLC
NERC region
RFC
State rank
#1 of 3
National rank
#52 of 1,462

Why it matters

For this asset in PJM Interconnection, operating status, generation, ownership, and linked events are the primary facts for performance and asset-level diligence. The exact chart and source-linked records below let the reader test those facts before moving to a deeper report.