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Offshore wind company sues Ocean City
Clip: 5/22/2023 | 1m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
The town is at odds with Ørsted over laying of power lines
Ørsted, the company behind the Ocean Wind 1 project, filed a lawsuit in Superior Court against Ocean City about the placement of onshore power cables. The company has state approval for the work, despite opposition from local leaders in Ocean City. The town is appealing the approval to lay power lines for the project about 50 feet below the ocean bed and beach under the city’s streets.
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Offshore wind company sues Ocean City
Clip: 5/22/2023 | 1m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Ørsted, the company behind the Ocean Wind 1 project, filed a lawsuit in Superior Court against Ocean City about the placement of onshore power cables. The company has state approval for the work, despite opposition from local leaders in Ocean City. The town is appealing the approval to lay power lines for the project about 50 feet below the ocean bed and beach under the city’s streets.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipin our Spotlight on Business Report another battle is brewing over New Jersey's offshore Wind plans this time it's a lawsuit filed in Superior Court about the placement of onshore power cables by the Energy company orstead for its ocean wind project the company has State approval for the work despite opposition from local leaders in Ocean City the town is appealing the approval to lay power lines for the project about 50 feet below the ocean bed and Beach under the city streets for seven miles up to a shuttered power plant in Upper Township Cape May County that lawsuit filed in November is part of the city's overall opposition to a 2021 state law giving approved wind energy projects the authority to take public land needed for any land-based construction now in response orstead is now seeking a separate court order so it can start the preliminary engineering work on about an acre of land in the city orsted argues work won't happen during the summer tourist season and the company says it'll foot the bill to resurface affected streets support for the business report provided by the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey working for economic Prosperity by uniting business and Community leaders for 150 years membership and event information online at chamber snj.com [Music] [Music] [Music]
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