{{short description|Submarine power cable between New Jersey and New York}} {{Infobox power transmission line | name = Neptune Cable | photo = | caption = | map = {{maplink |type=line |frame=yes |plain=yes |frame-align=center |zoom=8}} | map_caption = Location of Neptune Cable | country = United States | state = New Jersey and New York | province = | coordinates = | lat = | long = | direction = | start = Sayreville, New Jersey {{Coord|40|28|25.38|N|74|21|11.1|W|type:landmark|name=Neptune - Sayreville Static Inverter Plant}} | through = | finish = New Cassel, New York {{Coord|40|45|38|N|73|33|4|W|type:landmark|name=Neptune - Hicksville Static Inverter Plant}} | par = | owner = | partners = | operator =PowerBridge, LLC | cable_manufacturer = | cable_installer = | cable_layer = | substation_manufacturer= | substation_installer= | contractors = | construction = | expected = | est = | decom = | type = Submarine power cable | current_type = HVDC | length_km = | capacity = 660 MW | AC_voltage = | DC_voltage = 500 kV | poles_no = | circuits_no = }}
The '''Neptune Cable''' is a 500kV and 660 MW<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://neptunerts.com/|access-date=2021-09-24|website=Neptune Regional Transmission System|language=en-US}}</ref> high-voltage direct current submarine power cable between the Red Oak Power station Sayreville, New Jersey and New Cassel, New York, on Long Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neptunerts.com/default.asp?Ss=5&Pg=7|title=What is Neptune RTS?|access-date=2008-12-19|publisher=Neptune RTS|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526182930/http://www.neptunerts.com/default.asp?Ss=5&Pg=7|archive-date=2008-05-26}}</ref> It carries 22 percent of Long Island's electricity.<ref>{{cite news |title=Underwater Cable an Alternative to Electrical Towers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/business/energy-environment/17power.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 16, 2010 |access-date=2010-03-17 | first=Matthew L. | last=Wald}}</ref> It was developed by Anbaric Development Partners.
The cable is managed by Fairfield, Connecticut-based PowerBridge, LLC.<ref name=":0" />
== History == The power plant was developed as part of a 2003 request for proposal from the Long Island Power Authority for new generating plants on Long Island<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Project Facts |url=https://caithnesslongisland.com/project-facts/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Caithness Long Island}}</ref> that was a response to the Northeast blackout of 2003 and delays by Connecticut in activating the Cross Sound Cable,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Solnik |first=Claude |date=2003-09-05 |title=LIPA eyes on-Island generation |url=https://libn.com/2003/09/05/lipa-eyes-onisland-generation/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=Long Island Business News |language=en-US}}</ref> and due to continued high peak demand over multiple years.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2004-05-26 |title=Long Island Power Authority Bethpage 3 Energy Center environmental assessment |url=https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/DecDocs/130003A/Report.HW.130003A.2004-05-26.Environmental_Assessment.pdf#page=40 |access-date=2022-10-16 |pages=<nowiki>1-1, 1-3, 2-1</nowiki>}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=2004-05-27 |last=McGinty |first=Tom |title=$200M LIPA proposal: powerhouse of energy |pages=4, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111435685 49] |work=Newsday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111435671 |access-date=2022-10-16}}</ref> This solicitation also resulted in construction of the Caithness Long Island Energy Center; Bethpage Energy Center; and Pinelawn Power Plant in West Babylon, New York.<ref name=":8" />
The cable was constructed following the Long Island Power Authority's determination that importing electricity would make more sense economically than constructing new power generating stations on Long Island.{{cn|date=December 2022}}
==See also== *Sayreville Energy Center *Red Oak Power *Bayonne Energy Center *Bergen Generating Station *Cross Sound Cable *Y-49 Cable *Y-50 Cable
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://neptunerts.com/ Official website] *[http://www.nycedc.com/system/files/files/resource/MasterElectricTransmissionPlanforNYC_110209.pdf MasterElectricTransmissionPlanforNYC 2009]
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Category:HVDC transmission lines Category:Submarine power cables Category:Sayreville, New Jersey Category:Port of New York and New Jersey Category:Electric power transmission systems in the United States Category:Electric power transmission systems in New Jersey Category:Energy infrastructure on Long Island, New York Category:Infrastructure in New York (state)