February 17, 2023

JCP&L has completed a grid connection for a 19.8-megawatt solar project located at a former landfill property in Mount Olive, New Jersey, that is now delivering clean energy through FirstEnergy’s transmission lines.

For the past year, JCP&L has worked with the project’s developer to construct a grid connection point with an existing 34.5-kilovolt transmission line and make associated line and system upgrades to support the project. In late January, the project – the largest landfill solar project in North America – was successfully connected and began delivering energy to the grid.

The Mount Olive site is owned by CEP Renewables and is being leased to NJR Clean Energy Ventures, which will own and operate the facility long term.

This project supports our core value of Stewardship and our overall company strategy, helping to facilitate the increased use of renewables by connecting this innovative solar project to the grid.

CEP Renewables designs, develops and builds utility-scale solar projects. The company currently has 16 landfill or brownfield solar projects under development and has completed over 100 megawatts of solar projects in New Jersey in support of the state’s New Jersey Energy Master Plan.

In November, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities awarded JCP&L the construction responsibility to connect clean energy generated by New Jersey’s offshore wind farms to the power grid.