Long-delayed pilot off Atlantic City gets OK from
legislative panel, but some environmentalists argue it’s time to move directly
to full-scale projects
A legislative panel has advanced a bill to allow a small
pilot offshore wind farm off Atlantic City to move forward despite concerns
from a couple of organizations that usually back such efforts.
The bill (A-2485)
would revive the Fishermen’s Energy proposal, a $210 million, 24-megawatt
project three miles off the city’s coast. During the Christie administration,
it was rejected twice by a state agency over fears it would spike bills for
electricity customers.
