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Governor murphy has the sads

“OoopS! My bad — sorry!”

Offshore wind power company asks to cancel its New Jersey project

  • Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind has filed a request to cancel its 1.5-gigawatt wind turbine project off the coast of Atlantic City, citing economic and political challenges.

  • The company cited economic turmoil, including inflation and supply chain disruptions, as well as a federal permitting freeze under the Trump administration, as reasons for the cancellation.

See if you can find anytghing that’s true about this statement from a New Jersey Green Idiot — I can’t:

Ed Potosnak, executive director of the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, an environmental advocacy organization, said offshore wind energy is important for improving air quality and generating new jobs.

"At a time when New Jersey families are concerned about energy affordability and rising utility prices, we need to be building clean energy to lower costs, create good jobs in the state, lessen our dependence on dirty and expensive oil and gas, and protect our communities from the dangers of climate change," Potosnak said in a statement.

"In New Jersey we lead, and we’re not giving up on offshore wind due to a temporary setback," he said. "We’ll continue to fight to save lives."

Another Massive NJ Wind Project Blows Off Construction to Wait Trump Out

Beege Wellborne, HotAir:

This has been so delicious. Sitting here watching all of rodential New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy's Green grifting schemes flutter to earth in little flaming, fluttering, fragile wisps of so much worthless detritus like tiny pieces of canvas falling to earth after the Hindenburg went boom.

His climate cult fantasies are all blowed up.

Atlantic Shores, the cornerstone of the verminous Murphy's renewable energy plans for the state, has been struggling along in what sailors would call 'being in irons' - where the prevailing wind is so stiff in your face, a ship makes no progress and might even be driven backward a little.

That's what has happened to the Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm since Trump's election and especially post-inauguration.

In February, their biggest partner, Shell, walked away from the project. 

Shortly thereafter, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the Public Utilities Board delivered their own one-two punches which left the project reeling.

In a sign of the struggling times for the offshore wind industry in the state and the country, ROI-NJ has learned that N.J. Economic Development Authority CEO Tim Sullivan Monday said the organization is exploring alternative uses for the New Jersey Wind Port currently being built in Lower Alloways Creek in Salem County.

“In light of the significant uncertainties in the offshore wind market, we have decided to accelerate our strategic review of options and alternatives for the New Jersey Wind Port,” Sullivan said in a statement.

The Board of Public Utilities, heavily influenced by Gov. Phil Murphy, added a second crippling blow later Monday, saying the state would not accept any of the bids for the fourth solicitation of offshore wind, essentially ending any hope of the Atlantic Shores project 

The governor was about beaten into submission to economic reality by the time he finally yanked state funding from all new offshore wind developments.

And today we learned the Atlantic Shores development had officially requested on the 4th of June to pull the plug on the entire project. 

The company filed a request to cancel its plans and to terminate its Offshore Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) order.

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Shell and EDF Renewables, is seeking to withdraw from its flagship New Jersey offshore wind project just months after publicly reaffirming its dedication to the state’s clean energy goals.

On June 4, the company filed a formal petition with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities requesting to terminate its Offshore Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) order. The request, if granted, would effectively halt development of the 1.5-gigawatt wind farm located east of Atlantic City that was expected to power roughly 700,000 homes.

The withdrawl request is a major gut punch to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy as the embattled offshore wind architect enters his final months in office.

Earlier this year, Atlantic Shores issued statements positioning itself as a key contributor to New Jersey’s clean energy future. In a February 3 press release, the company said it “stands ready to deliver on the promise of offshore wind” and called its Project 1 “the most competitive and deliverable project proposed in NJ4.” At the time, the firm expressed disappointment after the fourth offshore wind solicitation concluded without awarding any projects.

…. In the meantime, Murphy is trying to paper over the pain that his policies are going to cost New Jersey utility rate payers by cleverly disguising  a scheduled July rate hike as something entirely different. He's managing to put it off until after this fall's elections.

From a different source, here’s a history of electricity price increases, cents per kWh

  • CT 2024: 33.01 2013: 17.58 2003: 11.31

  • ME 2024: 26.22 2013: 14.56 2003: 12.37

  • NJ: 2024: 19.58 2013; 15.67 2003:10.67

It’s no coincidence that the huge jump in prices the past 10 years also marked the global warming kooks’ accelerated drive to ban new gas pipelines and electrical transmission projects, closing nuclear plants, shutting off hydro-power generation, and passing out huge subsidies to their political allies to build out huge solar and wind facilities. “The wind and the sun are free”, these liars assure a gullible public, but they never mention the infrastructure costs incurred in harnessing and distributing that power. This is deliberate.