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Debate over utility poles in Ridgewood reaches state agency
Thursday September 12, 2013, 5:36 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
At a crowded five-hour hearing that could have historic implications for the relationship between municipalities and utilities, Ridgewood residents and village officials aired concerns over PSE&G’s regional transmission upgrade project before a New Jersey regulatory agency.
The hearing before the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU) on Monday in Hackensack examined PSE&G’s right to begin new infrastructure projects without consulting municipalities in the planning process. If the BPU ultimately decides that PSE&G should proceed differently in Ridgewood, the village and other municipalities could potentially gain a voice in the future planning of PSE&G projects.
PSE&G is required to inform municipalities about its projects before work begins, which PSE&G did in Ridgewood with the project currently being contested. At a private meeting in March, utility representatives told the village engineer about the installation route and new 69-KV voltage on new, taller utility poles, which have since attracted residents’ ire.
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Opposition will cool shortly…….. too many towns are involved …. with inexperienced spokes persons.
Time to get these cooks out of the complicated world of “providing power” to millions of people and hundreds of towns in the power grid kitchen.
Coincidentally I lost power for four hours last night and it was barely raining at the time.