JCP&L Update No Need Exists or as JCP&L says option; no project.

Are the JCP&L Projects Really Necessary? Update on JCP&L Threat to Community

The April 24th JCP&L Montville-Whippany Reinforcement Project was presented to the citizens of Parsippany, as if it is already a done deal, waiting for the final hurtles to overcome. Besides all its environmental impacts and waivers concerning wetlands, and endangered species, the actual need for such a project is doubtful or speculative in nature. Here is what JCP&L is saying:
As part of the Energizing the Future initiative, JCP&L plans to invest to enhance the performance of its electric transmission system. This comprehensive plan will further expand and strengthen the company's infrastructure to enhance service reliability today and in the future. This however must be investigated and was in fact so with a similar project called the Monmouth County Reliability project. This project virtually the same as the Montville-Whippany Reinforcement project, was scrutinized by the rate Council advocate who found that no need in fact exists for the project, This occurred thanks to the intervention of Congressman Frank Pallone.
Notices both are “transmission projects” but called by different names, reliability the other reinforcement, why is this play with words, if they are in fact the same but for the locations; If one was found to be not needed, then why not the other? I contend simply because the Rate Council advocate was not involved with the Montville-Whippany.
This is in my opinion connivance; by JCP&L to get the bill payers to sponsor what should have been part of the upkeep and maintenance of their equipment all along neglected. This whole scenario is related to market driven, building trades and developments, like housing, both market and affordable its unabated potential for job creations not sound land use in the sphere of ecosystems sustainability and cumulative impacts overall. In other words JCP&L is attempting to encourage further sprawl development to simply stimulate a senseless economy of continued bad land use.
TRANSMISSION CUSTOMER - means any eligible customer, shipper or designated agent that can or does execute a transmission service agreement or can or does receive transmission service, including all persons who have pending requests for transmission service or for information regarding transmission.
We must remember although JCP&L and PSE&G are so called “public utilities” they are in fact for profit corporations, the bottom line being profits.
By JCP&L own words one alternative is that no project takes place, another give away that it is not actually needed, but speculative in favor of private interest, not long term sustainable environmentally friendly. But where in Parsippany’s case the environment becomes a mere obstacle.
JCP&L needs to upkeep and upgrade its present system with the profits it does make not expand to increase profits while neglecting its public trust and cutting its work force. Most outages in this area of Morris County have nothing to do with needed improvements.
Insist call; write your Congresswoman and State Officials no JCP&L project. Where is Montville-Whippany’s Rate Council Advocate? The answer was already given by Monmouth County, not needed.

Since 1700, 85 percent of the world's wetlands have vanished.

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