Jersey Central Power & Light completes work on connecting solar site to grid
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) finished connecting a 19.8-megawatt solar project at a former landfill property in Mount Olive, N.J., to the grid.
JCP&L, owned by FirstEnergy, has worked with the project’s developer over the past year to construct a grid connection point with an existing 34.5-kilovolt transmission line.
The project was completed in late January and is now delivering energy to the grid. The Mount Olive site is the largest landfill solar project in North America.
“FirstEnergy and JCP&L are committed to supporting the global energy transition to renewable resources, and we are pleased to have worked with CEP Renewables to connect this innovative solar project to the grid and enable the delivery of clean energy to local communities,” Jim Fakult, president of New Jersey operations for FirstEnergy, said.
The property is owned by CEP Renewables, which currently has 16 landfill or brownfield solar projects under development and has completed over 100 megawatts of solar projects in New Jersey. It is being leased to NJR Clean Energy Ventures, which will own and operate the facility in the long term.
FirstEnergy is one of the nation’s largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland, and New York. The company’s subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.
