A state Superior Court has granted a land easement to an offshore wind company to bring power cables onshore under the beach and streets of Ocean City. The lines would eventually lead to a previously decommissioned coal-powered power plant seven miles away.after it refused to issue land easements to prepare for the powerlines. The state Board of Public Utilities already granted the easements but the county didn’t recognize its authority in the matter, a court filing said.
Ocean City had also been sued by Ocean Wind 1 for its refusal to issue easements on land it owned along the route. But the power company dismissed the suit last month after the city issued the permit.
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