Which New Jersey power plants have closed in 2024?

1. What the available reporting actually documents

The sources supplied primarily document plant retirements clustered in 2017 and 2022 and broader trends in New Jersey’s generation mix rather than firm shutdowns that occurred in 2024. PowerMag and NBC coverage describe Logan and Chambers coal units being taken offline in 2022 as New Jersey ended coal-fired generation agreements ^{[1] [6]}. Other accounts tally multiple closures since 2017 that together removed large blocks of capacity and increased reliance on imports ^{[3] [4]}. A state/national data snapshot describes New Jersey’s generation mix through 2024 but does not list 2024 plant retirements by name ^[5].

2. The headline numbers reporters use — capacity lost since 2017

Local outlets and summaries in the provided set quantify the cumulative loss: reporting cites about 2,500–2,700 MW of in‑state capacity retired since 2017, arising from five coal plants plus the Oyster Creek nuclear shutdown and other retirements ^{[3] [4]}. Those figures are invoked to argue there’s a supply gap and to explain why New Jersey imports more electricity today; however, these pieces do not break out closures that occurred specifically in calendar year 2024 ^{[3] [4]}.

3. What’s explicitly dated to 2024 in the sources

The only clearly dated 2024 item in the materials is PSEG Nuclear’s announcement that it would seek 20‑year license extensions in April 2024 for New Jersey’s three nuclear units — a development pointing toward continued operation rather than closure ^[2]. The EIA state analysis referenced includes notes about units being "out of service" as of late 2024 for certain small facilities, but it does not present a list of plants permanently closed in 2024 (p1_s1 as excerpted within p1_s3).

4. Plants commonly cited as closed in recent years (context, not 2024-specific closures)

Multiple sources identify key earlier retirements: Hudson and Mercer coal stations closed May 31, 2017; the Logan and Chambers coal plants ceased coal generation and were retired around 2022; Oyster Creek nuclear closed in 2018 — these closures are repeatedly referenced as part of the state’s transition away from coal and older units ^{[1] [6] [3] [7]}. These examples provide context for discussions about generation capacity and policy but should not be read as 2024 shutdowns in the available reporting ^{[1] [6] [3] [7]}.

5. Conflicting narratives and political framing to watch

Right‑leaning commentary in the provided set blames recent energy policy for forced plant closures and rising bills, asserting that six reliable plants were “forced” closed and linking that to higher prices ^[8]. Other reporting and data pieces frame shutdowns as part of regulated contract terminations and market-driven retirements tied to economics and emissions policy; power‑company decisions and PPA expirations played key roles in 2022 closures ^{[1] [6]}. The supplied sources do not reconcile these narratives into a single causal account for 2024 events, because they do not provide new, named 2024 closures ^{[1] [6] [8]}.

6. What the sources do not say — and the limits of this dataset

Available sources do not mention any definitive list of power plants that permanently closed during calendar year 2024 by name; they instead document earlier retirements (2017–2022) and note general capacity and unit outages into late 2024 without naming specific 2024 retirements ^{[1] [5] [9] [3]}. If you need a verified, plant-by-plant list of 2024 closures, those records are not present in the provided reporting and would require consulting primary regulators (NJBPU), company retirement notices, or EIA plant‑level status tables beyond the excerpts supplied (not found in current reporting).

7. How to get a definitive answer (next steps)

To resolve this precisely, review EIA’s plant‑level generator status files and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities press releases, or search company notices for retirements announced in 2024; these sources typically show decommissioning dates and unit retirements. The documents provided here point to the broader trend of retirements and license‑extension activity but do not furnish a named list of plants closed in 2024 ^{[5] [2] [1]}.

Limitations: This analysis cites only the supplied sources and therefore cannot confirm any 2024 plant closures that are not mentioned in them ^{[1] [5] [2]}.