The newspaper said that the 19-page report calls for “more robust transmission network across the Delaware River and within New Jersey,” claiming it is necessary to “eliminate constraints that prevent New Jersey residents and businesses from buying cheaper power.”
PSEG’s plan for the 45-mile, $750 million high-voltage Susquehanna-Roseland power line is currently being reviewed by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities which recently postponed its decision in order to obtain more information about the reasons for the termination of a similar power line proposal in Virginia.
PSEG is seeking to erect new, higher towers to carry more voltage along an existing tower route through Warren, Sussex, Morris and Essex counties.
A number of residents along the proposed route say they fear potential negative health effects and also believe the line will depress property values.
Environmentalists argue that the line would would damage natural areas and that the energy it’s designed to carry would be generated in coal-burning power plants. They also claim that much of the power would go to places outside of New Jersey.
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