PSEG has been leading the way when it comes to adding solar energy capacity–and not
just in New Jersey where it is the state’s largest public utility. Yesterday, the energy company dedicated a 19-megawatt solar farm in Queen Creek, Arizona.

It joins other solar projects developed by PSEG Solar Source, which is PSEG’s non-utility subsidiary and which owns or is constructing a total of 69.2 megawatts of solar power.

PSEG’s regulated-utility subsidiary, PSE&G (which delivers electricity and gas to a large portion of New Jersey) is running slightly ahead of its subsidiary sister with 71 megawatts
in its solar tool belt.

At the dedication ceremony, PSEG Chairman Ralph Izzo noted that PSE&G owns the second largest pole-attached solar program in the world, while PSEG Solar Source owns the second largest solar farm in Ohio, the second largest solar farm in Florida,
and is building what will be the largest solar farm in Delaware.

This energy franchise obviously knows how to win games at home and on the road.

Check out the time-lapse video which tracks the Arizona project, from start to finish, in three minutes. It’s like watching a downtown office project getting built in China, in real time.

Related: 
PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm in Arizona Begins Commercial Operation  
PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm Dedicated  

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We ambushed Doug Fisher on Tuesday during the New Jersey Farm Bureau‘s annual,
two-day convention at the Westin in Princton.

The Secretary of Agriculture had spent a number of extremely long days prior to the event, assisting farmers and other animal owners who were affected by Hurricane Sandy. By the time he addressed the state’s agriculture community, he was noticeably tired and his voice was a bit hoarse (you’ll hear it in the video).

But the always gracious former freeholder and Assemblyman did not hesitate when we
asked for an interview.


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We’re glad he agreed because, in the five minutes that we spoke, he told us a lot about the current state of agriculture in New Jersey.You might be surprised to learn some of the things he has to say about farming. About how much acreage in this highly developed state is still given over to farming and woodlands. About the ways that farmers here have adapted to meet changing consumer needs.

In the four years that he’s led the Department of Agriculture, Fisher has crisscrossed New Jersey on scores of occasions to visit traditional farms, large and small, as well as a host
of nursery operations, farm stands, fruit and vegetable auctions, vineyards, corn mazes, aquaculture facilities, and many other varied and ever-evolving businesses that make up modern agriculture in the Garden State.

Watch the interview and you’ll see that this former grocer has developed a real passion for agriculture and a commitment to those, young and old, who pursue it.

Related:
Douglas M. Fisher’s official state biography
New Jersey’s Department of Agriculture website

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Gibbons attorney Uzoamaka N. Okoye writes to alert clients and friends:

On October 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy began its assault on the State, a New Jersey Appellate Court in New Jersey School Developments Authority v. Marcantuone created its own “storm” in Spill Act jurisprudence by holding that purchasers of contaminated property prior to September 14, 1993, can be liable under the Spill Act if they failed to conduct due diligence prior to purchase. 

In reaching this conclusion, the Appellate Division held that the long-standing 2001 decision in White Oak Funding, Inc. v. Winning had been superseded, in part, by the 2001 amendments to the Spill Act (“2001 Amendments”), which had been adopted a few weeks before the White Oak decision and became effective a week after the decision.  

The decision has implications for property owners who thought they had no Spill Act liability because they had done nothing to contaminate their pre-1993 acquisitions. 


You can read the entire Real Property and Environmental Law alert here.


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