DEP to Hold Hearing on Newark Energy Center Thursday

The state Department of Environmental Protection will be hosting a hearing Thursday, July 26 regarding the air quality permit for the Newark Energy Center, a 655-megawatt natural gas power plant that would be built at Doremus Avenue and Delancy Street in the city’s Ironbound section. The hearing takes place at city hall, 920 Broad St., from 7 to 9 pm.

During the hearing, the public will be invited to comment on the DEP’s intent to grant Hess Corp., which is building the plant, an air quality permit.

For more information about the application, click here .

The New Jersey Environmental Federation, which is opposed to the plant’s construction, has asked those who plan to speak out against the permit to contact them at 732-280-8988 or via email here.