New Jersey pursuing new gas-fired plants in constrained areas, to replace older plants

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New Jersey will continue to pursue the construction of naturalngas-fired generation in the state and will look at specific areasnwhere new plants are needed, Department of EnvironmentalnProtection Commissioner Bob Martin said last week.nThe state will look strategically to build plants in constrainednareas and to replace older, less efficient peaking plantsnwith more efficient gas-fired plants, Martin said. New Jersey willncontinue to back away from the use of coal and rely more onngas, he said. “We’re comfortable with that direction. We wishnPennsylvania would follow suit,” he said.