MAOD
Delivering Onshore Transmission Capability in Support of New Jersey's Renewable Energy Goals
Notice of Public Hearing June 9, 2025, 7:00PM EST, Howell, NJ
Regarding MAOD’s Larrabee Collector Station project: Application number BA24-21 for Preliminary Major Site Plan Approval and Final Major Site Plan Approval, variance, and waiver relief will be considered by the Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment. The meeting is scheduled to be held in the Main Meeting Room of the Howell Township Municipal Building located at 4567 US Highway 9 North on the second floor in Howell.
MAOD is constructing the Larrabee Collector Station (LCS), a transmission facility in Howell Township, New Jersey, in response to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities’ (NJBPU) October 26, 2022, selection of MAOD’s and Jersey Central Power & Light Company’s (JCP&L) jointly-submitted Larrabee Tri-Collector Solution (LTCS) for the state’s inaugural offshore wind coordinated transmission effort, utilizing PJM’s State Agreement Approach. The LCS is one part of the LTCS, representing a planned electrical substation that will integrate 3,742 MW of electricity generated from offshore New Jersey wind energy areas into the Bulk Electric System via JCP&L’s Smithburg, Larrabee and Atlantic substations.
The LCS initially will be capable of accommodating three high voltage interconnections from offshore wind generators, with space for a potential fourth interconnection in the future. Once operational, it will function as a single, onshore point-of-interconnection utilizing existing transmission rights of way to connect to JCP&L's substations.
It is expected that construction will begin in early 2026 and be completed by the end of 2027. At that time, the site will be part of the PJM system.
