Tag: JCP&L
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Middletown residents oppose JCP&L project
As residents of Middletown, we are both strongly opposed to the Monmouth County Reliability Project, which is the JCP&L monopole high towers. We do believe all aspects — health, environmental, ecology and economic — would be detrimental to Monmouth County residents and our community as a whole. Daniel and Patricia Tutler Belford section of Middletown
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JCP&L enhances service reliability through infrastructure projects
To help enhance service reliability for customers, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) is continuing construction through the remainder of the year on distribution and transmission infrastructure projects totaling approximately $387 million in its northern and central New Jersey service areas. To date, more than $233 million of the total has been spent on a variety…
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Utility’s project isn’t needed, won’t improve reliability
JCP&L’s Monmouth County Reliability Project to install air-insulated, high-voltage wires along 10 miles of NJ Transit’s tracks from Matawan through three additional towns to Red Bank cannot improve the reliability of JCP&L’s electric service because its proposed high-voltage line only provides redundant connections between some JCP&L substations. However, it doesn’t address JCP&L’s distribution plant that…
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JCP&L files for Monmouth County Reliability Project approval
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer MORRISTOWN — Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) filed a petition with New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities (BPU) seeking approval for its proposed Monmouth County Reliability Project. The utility company announced this action yesterday through a press release. The $111 million project calls for the construction of a 10-mile…
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Aberdeen opposes JCP&L power line plan
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The township thinks a plan to build massive electrical transmission lines should go back to the drawing board. At a meeting on Aug. 3, the Township Council unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the construction of utility poles as part of Jersey Central Power & Light’s (JCP&L) proposed Monmouth…
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Red Bank officials vote to oppose Reliability Project
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer RED BANK — The borough now stands in solidarity with neighboring municipalities opposing a proposal by Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) to construct a 10-mile stretch of power lines in the area. After a unanimous vote at its meeting on July 27, the Borough Council adopted a resolution declaring…
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JCP&L completes final phase of transmission project
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has completed the final phase of a $48 million, 11.5-mile transmission line project designed to enhance service reliability and system resiliency for nearly 34,000 customers in Mercer, Middlesex and Monmouth counties. Recently completed work included the construction of a new, eight-mile 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line between an existing JCP&L…
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JCP&L completes work on power line in Millstone Township
By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – A power distribution company has completed its work on a 115-kilovolt transmission line on Route 33 in Millstone Township. On July 6, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) Area Manager Gerald Ricciardi appeared before the Township Committee to announce the completion of his company’s role in the creation…
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Red Bank Council tables vote opposing Reliability Project
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer RED BANK — At a Borough Council meeting on June 22, Mayor Pasquale Menna submitted a last-minute resolution to the agenda calling for Red Bank to formally oppose a plan by Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) to build a 10-mile stretch of power lines along the railroad tracks to…
