To the Editor:
Regarding “Local Wind Concerns” (5/5), I would like to add an additional concern. If this wind farm is foisted on the public, it will raise electricity prices paid by LBI and Southern Ocean County electric users. Here are the facts that many politicians and promoters of offshore wind power don’t want the public to think about.
Offshore wind power has sky-high maintenance and premature equipment retirements and replacements simply because the units under discussion will be placed directly on an…
May 19, 2021
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