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Cape May County and its shore towns presented a united front in opposing plans for an underground transmission line that would cut through environmentally sensitive wetlands and beach lots in Ocean City to connect an offshore wind farm to the land-based power grid. During a Zoom hearing Thursday before the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), attorneys representing the county and shore towns criticized the Danish energy company Orsted for its preferred route for the transmission line to serve the proposed Ocean Wind 1 wind farm. ....
A day after the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approvals for the Danish energy company, Orsted, to run a transmission line through Ocean City to connect an offshore wind energy farm to a land-based power grid, the public had their say.
In two separate Zoom meetings, one in the morning, Thursday, and the other in the evening, the BPU heard from the parties that would be affected, Ocean City, Cape May County, and other stakeholders.
They voiced concerns that the line could disrupt an environmentally sensitive portion of Ocean City at the beach lots of 35th Street. Both Ocean City and Cape May County officials said there could be alternative routes, and it would appear that Orsted is just trying to push through the most convenient, “expedient route” for the company, without concerns for those being affected, the residents of Ocean City and the county.
On Wednesday, the BPU granted easements and other permits related to what is called the Ocean Wind 1 p ....