Neptune Cable
{{short description|Submarine power cable between New Jersey and New York}}
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| state = New Jersey and New York
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| start = Sayreville, New Jersey {{Coord|40|28|25.38|N|74|21|11.1|W|type:landmark|name=Neptune - Sayreville Static Inverter Plant}}
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| finish = New Cassel, New York {{Coord|40|45|38|N|73|33|4|W|type:landmark|name=Neptune - Hicksville Static Inverter Plant}}
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| operator =PowerBridge, LLC
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| type = Submarine power cable
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| capacity = 660 MW
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The Neptune Cable is a 500kV and 660 MW{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://neptunerts.com/|access-date=2021-09-24|website=Neptune Regional Transmission System|language=en-US}} high-voltage direct current submarine power cable between the Red Oak Power station Sayreville, New Jersey and New Cassel, New York, on Long Island.{{cite web|url=http://www.neptunerts.com/default.asp?Ss=5&Pg=7|title=What is Neptune RTS?|access-date=2008-12-19|publisher=Neptune RTS|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526182930/http://www.neptunerts.com/default.asp?Ss=5&Pg=7|archive-date=2008-05-26}} It carries 22 percent of Long Island's electricity.{{cite news |title=Underwater Cable an Alternative to Electrical Towers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/business/energy-environment/17power.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 16, 2010 |access-date=2010-03-17 | first=Matthew L. | last=Wald}} It was developed by Anbaric Development Partners.
The cable is managed by Fairfield, Connecticut-based PowerBridge, LLC.
History
The power plant was developed as part of a 2003 request for proposal from the Long Island Power Authority for new generating plants on Long Island{{Cite web |title=Project Facts |url=https://caithnesslongisland.com/project-facts/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Caithness Long Island}} that was a response to the Northeast blackout of 2003 and delays by Connecticut in activating the Cross Sound Cable,{{Cite web |last=Solnik |first=Claude |date=2003-09-05 |title=LIPA eyes on-Island generation |url=https://libn.com/2003/09/05/lipa-eyes-onisland-generation/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Long Island Business News |language=en-US}} and due to continued high peak demand over multiple years.{{Cite web |date=2004-05-26 |title=Long Island Power Authority Bethpage 3 Energy Center environmental assessment |url=https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/130003A/Report.HW.130003A.2004-05-26.Environmental_Assessment.pdf#page=40 |access-date=2022-10-16 |pages=
The cable was constructed following the Long Island Power Authority's determination that importing electricity would make more sense economically than constructing new power generating stations on Long Island.{{cn|date=December 2022}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://neptunerts.com/ Official website]
- [http://www.nycedc.com/system/files/files/resource/MasterElectricTransmissionPlanforNYC_110209.pdf MasterElectricTransmissionPlanforNYC 2009]
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Category:HVDC transmission lines
Category:Submarine power cables
Category:Sayreville, New Jersey
Category:Port of New York and New Jersey
Category:Electric power transmission systems in the United States
Category:Electric power transmission systems in New Jersey