NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) is preparing to put into service infrastructure investments exceeding $2.4 billion which are aimed to improve the reliability of the grid and better respond to summer demand.
Among the projects, the company has partially energized the second phase of its $739 million Metuchen-Trenton-Burlington upgrade and, before summer, intends to upgrade the transmission circuits between Brunswick Station and Trenton Station, reports Daily Energy Insider.
By 2022, this will expand to include work on a total of 17 electric stations along a 55-mile stretch.
By December, PSE&G should complete work on six miles of upgraded 230 kV overhead transmission circuits running between the Aldene Station and Linden VFT Station. It has already completed approximately 3 miles of the $90 million project.
Through 2023, the company also intends to implement the $842 million Energy Strong II program, which will help raise and harden equipment at flood zone-based stations, upgrade smart grid technologies.
