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New Jersey ratepayers are on the hook for canceled projects amid Trump’s war on wind
“At a time when gas prices are soaring, the Trump Administration chose to further stifle new wind energy production, and worse, waste taxpayer money doing it,” said Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
ALIYA SCHNEIDER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER – New Jersey ratepayers will foot the bill for unfinished construction as the state abandons massive offshore wind energy plans as a result of President Donald Trump’s attacks on the industry.
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) on Wednesday officially ended an agreement with grid operator PJM to create infrastructure for offshore wind farms that have no future after Trump’s policy changes …
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