Jersey Central Power & Light announced Thursday it plans to invest nearly $200 million this year to expand and strengthen its existing infrastructure in northern and central New Jersey, and continue rebuilding efforts in communities damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Ensuring the strength of the region’s power grid has long been a key focus for planners of the 2014 Super Bowl.

“It’s not really an either/or decision,” said Thomas J. Massaro, vice president of marketing and business intelligence at New Jersey Natural Gas. “We’re doing both of these in parallel.”Massaro was one of four panelists tackling the question of whether clean energy can become a major driver in New Jersey’s economy. The forum, held at The ...

Expect a lot of new faces on the 2013 NJBIZ Power 100 list when it publishes Monday, Jan. 28. There was a 50 percent turnover rate on the list, meaning half the people on last year’s list came off while 50 new people were added. Also notable was the huge turnover in the top 10 ...

“I’m not aware that anyone is engaging in exploring for shale gas in New Jersey,” said Jim Benton, executive director of the New Jersey Petroleum Council. “You’d still have to go through the necessary state and local approval processes.”A one-year moratorium on fracking in New Jersey ended Thursday. But Benton said New Jersey’s “not even ...

Hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking,” refers to the highly controversial practice of using chemically treated water to free shale natural gas reserves deep underground. The advent of fracking technology has led to vast new drilling opportunities and an economic boom in Western Pennsylvania, but environmentalists say the chemicals used in the process often end up ...

Atlantic Wind Connection, the company planning to build a massive wind energy transmission system off the United States’ east coast said today it’s has hired Bechtel Corp. and Alstom Group as contractors for the New Jersey phase of the project.The goal of the Atlantic Wind Connection is to act as a transmission “backbone” for a ...

“This is not just about the environment, it is also about the economy—we need to keep driving down the cost, and energy is a huge cost factor. We need to come together in New Jersey, where we have very strong companies, very strong organizations,” said Hofmann at the event held at Murray Hill-based Bells Labs, ...

Among other problems, BPU chief says “the grade on communications is still an ‘F’ ” for the companies.