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Regulator approves $1.22B PSE&G plan for storm protection

New Jersey's utility regulator on Wednesday approved Public Service Electric and Gas Co.'s $1.22 billion "Energy Strong" plan to protect its electric and gas systems from severe storms.

A PSEG truck is near a downed tree and power lines on W. Tampa Ave., in Cherry Hill October 30, 2012. ( DAVID M WARREN / Staff Photographer )
A PSEG truck is near a downed tree and power lines on W. Tampa Ave., in Cherry Hill October 30, 2012. ( DAVID M WARREN / Staff Photographer )Read more
    by By Andrew Maykuth, Inquirer Staff Writer
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New Jersey's utility regulator on Wednesday approved Public Service Electric and Gas Co.'s $1.22 billion "Energy Strong" plan to protect its electric and gas systems from severe storms.

The plan, a scaled-back version of a PSE&G proposal to spend $2.6 billion on grid-hardening projects, includes $620 million to protect, raise or relocate 29 switching and substations that were damaged by water in recent storms; $350 million to upgrade 250 miles of low-pressure cast iron natural gas mains; $100 million to create system redundancies; $100 million for smart-grid technologies; and $50 million to protect gas facilities from floods.