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NJSPE
NJSPE is partnering with the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers (MnSPE) to offer PE exam prep courses to help you prepare for the October 2017 PE exam. Choose from civil, electrical power or mechanical (HVAC, machine design or thermal & fluids systems). Courses meet mid August through mid October. Attend via live webinar from your location - students can be anywhere (not just MN). Courses are relevant for students and PE exams throughout the country and use books and other course materials published by Professional Publications, Inc. (PPI), provider of the popular Lindeburg books. A free retake is GUARANTEED if you take this course but do not pass the October 2017 PE exam.
Registration deadlines vary but are mid August. Learn more or register at www.mnspe.org/?page=PE_FE_Exam_Courses
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NJ Spotlight
Public Service Electric & Gas reached a tentative agreement last week with the state on a $69 million energy-efficiency program, but it reflects only a fraction of what the utility wants to spend on efforts to reduce electric and gas use — as well as on other initiatives.
The utility plans to file with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities a much larger energy-efficiency program early next year, but before then, it will request long-sought regulatory changes in current rules, which executives say discourage more extensive investments in such programs.
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Cape May County Herald
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President Richard S. Mroz and Ocean City Mayor Jay A. Gillian joined South Jersey Gas President Dave Robbins at 19th Street and Central Avenue in Ocean City to celebrate the successful conversion of the island's natural gas distribution mains from a low-pressure to a high-pressure system. This upgrade is designed to fortify the utility's system, better protecting service to residents against severe weather impacts such as those experienced during Superstorm Sandy.
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NJ Spotlight
Public Service Electric & Gas is seeking approval to expand its gas modernization program, asking the state to allow it to spend up to $2.7 billion over five years, or about $540 million annually.
In a filing with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, the state’s largest utility is hoping to accelerate the replacement of aging, cast-iron and unprotected steel pipes by installing 1,250 miles of new gas mains.
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NJ Spotlight
A coalition of environmental groups yesterday stepped up efforts to ban oil and gas drilling in the Delaware River Watershed, the source of drinking water for 16 million people in four states. Hoping to avert the lifting of a moratorium on fracking, the technology used to drill for natural gas in the Delaware River Basin, the organizations began delivering to four governors and the Army Corp of Engineers petitions signed by 63,674 people calling for a permanent ban on the drilling.
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NJ Spotlight
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is getting two new top leaders under a major reorganization announced by Govs. Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo. This is a shakeup that could affect significant transportation projects like the planned replacement of the Port Authority's flagship bus terminal and the future of the agency's own governance structure.
A joint statement issued recently by the two governors officially announced the resignation of John Degnan as chairman of the Port Authority's board of commissioners, and the selection of former New Jersey Sen. Kevin O'Toole to replace him as New Jersey's highest-ranking official at the bistate agency.
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NJ Spotlight
Public Service Electric & Gas won approval recently from the regional grid operator to replace a large, outdated substation in Newark, a project that is estimated to cost $275 million.
The Newark Switch substation is one of the critical parts of the utility's infrastructure in the state's largest city, supplying power to NJ Transit, NJIT, City Hall, and Prudential, among other facilities and businesses.
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The Current
South Jersey Gas will begin replacing gas mains in the township starting later this month and finishing in November.
The work is part of the company's planned replacement schedule.
Affected streets are South New York Road, Old Port Republic Road, East Ocean Avenue, East Belmar Avenue, East Pennsylvania Avenue, East Brown Avenue, Old Shore Road, East Dickinson Road, East Great Creek Road, Sharswood Avenue and Biscayne Avenue.
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NJTV News
Communities nationwide, challenged by impure drinking water concerns, can now breathe sighs of relief. The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the Drinking Water System Improvement Act, in an effort led by Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.
Pallone served as an advocate during bipartisan negotiations, leading House Democrats throughout the process. The New Jersey representative included several provisions, such as a proposal to provide grant funding of $5 million to public schools to replace lead drinking water fountains, for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2021.
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NJ Spotlight
Angel Sanchez isn’t like many graduates. It's not just his age — he's 38 — it's also the path he took to get a certificate that will help him find a good job. He spent decades in prison for dealing drugs, until he signed on with the prisoner reentry program run by former Gov. Jim McGreevey. Sanchez marched with almost 100 other graduates from several different jobs initiatives, including NJ Build and the National Career Institute, after completing a program that trains them to apply for positions in New Jersey's 21 union construction trades.
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Cape May County Herald
Gov. Chris Christie announced the state's transportation infrastructure investment topped $1.2 billion in Fiscal Year 2017, setting a record for the highest value of improvement contracts in the same year he initiated the first broad-based tax cuts for New Jerseyans since 1994.
The governor made the announcement in East Windsor, as he toured a nearly completed safety, preservation and cost-saving project across major thoroughfares in Mercer County that will improve ride quality for nearly 30,000 daily motorists along 21 lane miles.
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The Record
A rail safety system intended to stop crashes like last year's fatal accident at the Hoboken Terminal could also have another consequence: Fewer trains will be able to go through the Hudson River tunnels into New York Penn Station.
Unlike the temporary service reductions commuters are experiencing this summer due to a track replacement project in Penn Station, the completion of Positive Train Control by December 2018 would permanently reduce the number of trains that can use the tunnels at peak times.
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