# Essex County Resource Recovery Facility

PJM asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/essex-county-resource-recovery-facility

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey - Essex County - PJM

Covanta Essex is a municipal solid waste-fired power plant in Essex County, New Jersey, with 69.8 MW of nameplate generating capacity across two generators that have been operating since November 1990. Also known as the Essex County Resource Recovery Facility, the plant is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and operated by Reworld, the company formerly known as Covanta, through the local entity Covanta Essex Company. Under an operating agreement effective January 1, 2013, the Port Authority gave Covanta control of the facility through 2032, with an option to extend that control to 2052. The plant burns roughly 2,800 tons of municipal solid waste a day, mostly from the 22 municipalities of Essex County, while recovering ferrous and non-ferrous metals for recycling. Power from the plant is sold into PJM, settling at the Essex County Resource Recovery Facility price node located essentially on site.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 69.8 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 10643 — plant-10643

## Facts

- **Technology:** Municipal Solid Waste

## Related parties

- **Owner:** Port Authority of New York and New Jersey — Facility owner and lessor ([source](https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/index.html))
- **Operator / O&M provider:** American Ref-Fuel Company of Essex County — Original facility operator (1990–2005); predecessor to Covanta Essex Company
- **Parent company / acquirer:** Danielson Holding Corporation — Corporate parent; acquirer of American Ref-Fuel Holdings Corp. (2005); later acquired by EQT (2021)
- **Parent company / acquirer:** Covanta Energy Corporation — Subsidiary through which Danielson acquired American Ref-Fuel; later became independent parent company
- **Parent company:** American Ref-Fuel Holdings Corp. — Former corporate parent; acquired by Danielson/Covanta (June 2005)
- **Parent company / acquirer / equity investor:** EQT Infrastructure — Current corporate parent; acquired Covanta (2021); maintains majority stake after GIC minority investment (2025) ([source](https://eqtgroup.com/))
- **Investor / equity investor:** GIC — Minority equity investor (25%) in Reworld Waste, LLC

## Sources

- [eqtgroup.com](https://eqtgroup.com/en/news/eqt-broadens-reworld-investor-base-welcoming-gic-as-strategic-investor-2024-10-02) — eqtgroup.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [investors.reworldwaste.com](https://investors.reworldwaste.com/2024-04-16-Covanta-Celebrates-its-Transformation-into-Reworld-TM) — investors.reworldwaste.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Website: [Port Authority of New York and New Jersey](https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/index.html)

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