PSE&G has proposed statewide upgrades to its infrastructure to protect against damage from severe weather.
Hillsdale was one of 10 towns in Bergen County and 32 across the state to recently pass resolutions supporting PSE&G's proposed $3.9 billion infrastructure upgrade. Equipment at the utility's power substation in Hillsdale — which flooded during Hurricane Irene — would be raised as part of the project. The plan calls for upgrades at more than 40 company sites and the installation of new infrastructure to protect power and gas equipment against severe weather like Hurricanes Irene and Sandy. "[T]he extremes in weather we’ve experienced the past two years require new, extraordinary measures to reinforce our systems before the next Sandy strikes,” PSE&G President and COO Ralph LaRossa said in a press release. Borough officials previously said …
PSE&G has proposed a $3.9 billion infrastructure upgrade which includes raising the Hillsdale substation to protect it from flooding.
The Hillsdale Council passed a resolution this week supporting PSE&G's proposed $3.9 billion infrastructure upgrade. The plan calls for upgrades to protect more than 40 utility installations, replacement of gas lines and installation of improved poles and underground power lines. The state Board of Public Utilities has not yet approved the plan. The Hillsdale substation, which was turned off during Hurricane Irene in 2011 because it flooded, has been included in PSE&G's plan. Before the vote this week, Council President Tom Kelley asked if the project would worsen flooding downstream, noting that the borough has made an effort to investigate United Water's plan to upgrade the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir Dam for the same reason. Mayor Max …
Seven power substations and one gas metering facility in Bergen County will be fortified against storms as part of the plan, which was developed after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive power outages.
PSE&G announced a $3.9 billion planWednesday which the utility said will "proactively protect and strengthen its electric and gas systems against increasingly frequent severe weather conditions" like Hurricane Sandy. The upgrades will help make PSE&G's easier to restore after storms cause outages and "modernize" its gas distribution, according to a company press release. The plan includes an upgrade for the Hillsdale substation on Patterson Street, which flooded during Hurricane Irene. More than 40 installations across New Jersey would be protected as part of the plan, including seven power substations and one gas metering and regulating facility in Bergen County to be "raised or fortified." Besides Hillsdale, the Bergen facilities are …
21st century concerned citizen
6:57 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013
Let's get this done sooner than later. We have too many power outages in Westwood. Part of this is due to too many municipal trees which fall on the power lines. The towns should have a financial penalty when a town tree causes an outage. It is not always PSEG's fault more ›