Sunday, May 19, 2013
Complaints remain about heavy trucks, hours of operation.
Sparta resident Socrates Platides was back before the Township Council last Tuesday demanding a stronger response by the township to the continuing disruption of his neighborhood caused by PSE&G. According to Platides, the disuption is being caused by trucks heading to and from the PSE&G construction site in Hopatcong. Platides’ neighborhood is a cluster of substantial homes centered on New Star Ridge Road near the site where the power company is rebuilding a switching station in adjacent Hopatcong. Supply trucks, construction equipment and workers’ vehicles pass through the neighborhood daily, and residents complained about unsafe conditions. The Hopatcong project, located near Tomahawk Lake Park, is part of the Susquehanna-Roseland …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Township Council says company has taken actions to improve safety
PSE&G Corp. responded to complaints from Sparta residents and township officials with better communication and steps designed to reduced the impact of the company’s project to build a new power line from Pennsylvania to East Jersey. Neighbors said Tuesday they were still concerned. The Sparta Township Council outlined Tuesday the steps taken after neighbors of an exclusive mountaintop neighborhood complained about the project two weeks ago. The neighborhood, centered on New Star Ridge Road is, near the site where the power company is rebuilding a switching station in adjacent Hopatcong. Supply trucks, construction equipment and workers’ vehicles pass through the neighborhood daily, and residents complained about unsafe conditions. The …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
PSE&G is rebuilding a power station in Hopatcong and Sparta citizens say it is making their neighborhood unsafe.
Residents of a quiet mountaintop neighborhood dumped their frustrations on the Sparta Township Council last week, complaining that their hilly, private streets had become an extension of the nearby construction site where PSE&G is building a new electric transmission line. By Wednesday, their complaints had reached the ears of power company officials, who met with residents that afternoon, said public relations manager George Sous. Sous said the company reached out to its suppliers and contractors on that site to mitigate the intensity of the delivery activity, modify delivery schedules, emphasize hours of operation, and focus on safety. Still, he said, the work at the Hopatcong station is an intense construction project on a tight …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Individuals should be wary of someone calling from the "disconnect collection department."
Public Service Electric & Gas is alerting its customers to a scam involving pre-paid debt cards. A Spanish-speaking individual pretending to be a PSE&G employee will call a customer saying they work for the company’s “disconnect collection department,” the company said in a press release Tuesday. The person tells the customer that they have an overdue balance and their service will be shut off that day unless they pay their balance using a prepaid debit card. Customers are told to purchase a Green Dot Money Pak card and put a balance on it and provide the cashier with the phone number of the person who called them. After the customer provides PSE&G with the card number, the scammer transfers the funds to a prepaid card and cashes it in at …
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
State Appellate Court decides to uphold BPU decision to allow power line project.
As construction continues on the 500-kilovolt Susquehanna-Roseland power line, a group of environmentalists expressed disappointment in a state Appellate Court's decision Monday to allow the project to move forward. According to court documents, the environmental groups challenged the Board of Public Utility's April 2010 approval of Public Service Energy and Gas' (PSE&G) Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line project, for which a line will be constructed to run through 45 miles of the state starting in Berwick, Pa., and ending in Roseland. Construction activities have already begun in parts of Montville, Kinnelon, Jefferson, Hopatcong, Boonton and Rockaway. PSE&G has said the new line will improve service reliability. The Appellate Court …
Friday, December 28, 2012
PSE&G Susquehanna-Roseland line will run through several local communities.
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Several environmentalists are hoping to stop Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) Company's Susquehanna-Roseland power line project through a new lawsuit filed in federal court. The suit claims that PSE&G's project will damage the scenery and ecology of the three national parks the line, which will go from Berverwick, Pa., to Roseland, will be in, according to Neighbor News. The suit's intent is to stop construction on the line until a court ruling can be made on whether the National Park Service's approval of the project is in compliance with federal law. Read the full story from Neighbor News here. The 500-volt line project, which began with a pre-construction phase in September, impacts several local communities. The transmission …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
JCP&L instituted new communications, repair plans after last year's major storms—will it be enough?
Two months after New Jersey residents recovered from flooding and damage caused by 2011's Hurricane Irene, the area was hit with a severe winter storm. The storm's snowfall piled more than a foot deep in many areas, and the heavy, wet precipitation snapped tree limbs and utility poles, causing massive power outages that in some cases took a week to repair. And on the anniversary of that storm, New Jersey is facing a potentially more dangerous storm: Hurricane Sandy, which has already claimed lives in the Carribean and is currently forecast to reach the area Monday morning—just in time to collide with a possible winter storm. Keeping a close eye on the storms are meteorologists with JCP&L, which says employees have already been put on alert…
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Instead of starting work on $790 million project before getting final approval, how about clearing trees along power lines?
Construction has begun on Public Service Electric and Gas Co.'s transmission line upgrade through Northwest New Jersey. That would seem to be slightly premature, as the National Park Service still technically has not given final approval for the work—upgrading the existing 230-kilovolt transmission line for about 45 miles, adding 500 kilovolts onto towers that would be as tall as 195 feet in some cases. The park service's approval is only for its property, but it is still critical, given the line runs smack through the Delaware Water Gap. And while the NPS won't make a final decision for at least a month after releasing its environmental impact statement—expected sometime this month—its approval appears to be a given. Still, it has not …
Thursday, June 7, 2012
As part of agreement to build Susquehanna-Roseland power line, which will pass through the borough.
As Public Service Electric & Gas' Susquehanna-Roseland power line moves toward realization, the power company has agreed to give Hopatcong more than $650,000 to help mitigate the impact the project could have on environmental and public safety. Work on the project—a 500-kilovolt line that would carry electricity from Berwick, Pa., area to Roseland in Essex County, passing through Hopatcong—is expected to cause the removal of hundreds of trees deep in a wooded area of Hopatcong, Borough Administrator Robert Elia said. So the company has agreed to give the borough $342,000 to replace the trees. The money is intended to be used for infrastructure projects, such as the new playground the council voted to install at Modick Park Wednesday night…
Monday, April 2, 2012
President Obama makes Susquehanna-Roseland project a priority, utilities offer money and NPS says it's OK
The seasaw that is the National Park Service’s approval process for the Susquehanna-Roseland power line upgrade has pushed Public Service Electric and Gas Co. up and environmentalists down. And it only cost $30 to 40 million. Last week, the park service reversed a preliminary opinion that the utilities should not do any work on land under its jurisdiction—parts of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River, and Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Instead, the NPS’s new “preferred alternative” is to give PSE&G and PPL Electric Utilities Corp. their wish and allow them to upgrade the existing 230-kilovolt transmission line, adding 500 kilovolts onto towers that would be as tall as 195 …
Mikey
7:12 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Background checks on "out of state workers"? Really? Don't you realize that the more of a stink you make the longer this whole thing will take to complete? As the immortal Cousin Eddie said in xmas vacation, "... it's best to just let 'im finish". more ›