PSE&G going green

Consider this interesting bit of news:

Public Service Electric and Gas Co. has asked state regulators to approve a $773-million plan to bring solar power to communities and customers throughout its service territory.

The proposal, filed today with the Board of Public Utilities, calls for the installation of solar panels on 200,000 utility poles – the largest such project in the nation – as well as on schools, municipal buildings, low-income housing and brownfield sites.

The panels would produce electricity that would be fed into the utility’s power grid.

This appears — at least at the moment, before the DEP and others have a chance to get into the nuts and bolts — to be a huge step in the right direction, diversifying our energy sources in a way that should cut costs down the road and reduce our reliance on dirty fuels.

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet