NOC, 24 hours SEC1 +1 201 016 2747 NWK1 +1 973 018 5536
Neighbors
We are a large building full of machinery next to people’s homes and businesses. If something we are doing bothers you, call the neighbors’ line, +1 201 016 2788, at any hour. It rings in the security office at SEC1, and somebody answers.
01 Generator tests
| Site | When | Next test | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC1 | Second Tuesday of each month, 10:00 to 11:00 | Five of the ten sets at a time, 30 minutes each half | |
| NWK1 | Third Wednesday of each month, 10:00 to 11:00 | Seven of the fourteen sets at a time, 30 minutes each half |
There are no tests between December 20 and January 3, or on a day when there is an air quality alert. Tests stop early if the wind is blowing toward the houses west of SEC1 at more than 10 mph.
02 Notices
On Sunday, October 19, from 6:00 to 10:00 in the morning, we will close all seven gates in the barrier around SEC1 for its annual test. The south entrance will be closed during the test; the road stays open.
From October, monthly generator tests at SEC1 will run on the second Tuesday of each month between 10:00 and 11:00, on half the sets at a time. Our news item explains what else is changing and why.
On the afternoon of June 24, during the power cut, one of our generators caught fire. The smoke many of you saw came from it. Our engineers put the fire out within minutes and the fire department confirmed it was out; no one was hurt. Our generators ran for four and a half hours that afternoon, much longer than a test, in the worst heat of the year. We know what that was like downwind, and we are sorry. We will write again about what we are changing.
The contractor building our new flood barrier will test it on Sunday, May 12, from 5:00 in the morning until about 1:00 in the afternoon, including filling the space in front of two gates with water from a hydrant. The road will stay open.
03 Diesel fumes
In the summer of 2024, and much more in 2025, neighbors west of SEC1 told us that our generators were filling their yards with diesel fumes. They were right. Some of the runs were tests at times that suited us, and some were runs we agreed to make when the grid operator asked large users to come off the grid during heat waves, which paid us and cost our neighbors. The worst was June 24, 2025, during the generator fire.
Complaints to the neighbors’ line about SEC1:
| Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — |
What we changed, between July 2025 and March 2026:
We meet the neighbors who want to meet us twice a year, in the conference room at SEC1. If you would like to be told about the next meeting, write to neighbors@cordgrassdata.com.