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Controversial NJ power line picked for Obama administration pilot project
The federal government yesterday announced a new pilot program to expedite construction of transmission projects, selecting the highly controversial Susquehanna-Roseland proposal, which cuts through the Delaware Water Gap and New Jersey Highlands, as one of seven chosen nationwide.
In a conference call from Washington, D.C., top Obama administration officials called modernizing the nation’s power grid a key to a clean energy economy and creating thousands of jobs, while making the power system more reliable and delivering savings to consumers. (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)
