The
utility
holding
company
also
wants
the
PJM
Interconnection,
the
grid
operator
from
New
Jersey
to
Virginia
facing
where
the
backbone
would
be
located,
to
approve
the
project
beforehand.
“It’s
putting
the
cart
before
the
horse,”
Jim
Norville,
a
spokesman
for
the
utility
holding
company
based
in
Richmond,
Virginia,
tells
Recharge.
The
Atlantic
Wind
Connection
(AWC)
is
seeking
exclusive
rights
to
develop
twin
transmission
lines
on
a
corridor
of
public
lands
on
the
outer
continental
shelf
(OCS)
that
could
run
through
potential
commercial
wind
lease
areas
off
Delaware,
Maryland,
New
Jersey…
