Neptune Cable

Neptune Cable
Location of Neptune Cable
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey and New York
From	Sayreville, New Jersey 40°28′25.38″N 74°21′11.1″W / 40.4737167°N 74.353083°W / 40.4737167; -74.353083 (Neptune - Sayreville Static Inverter Plant)
To	New Cassel, New York 40°45′38″N 73°33′4″W / 40.76056°N 73.55111°W / 40.76056; -73.55111 (Neptune - Hicksville Static Inverter Plant)
Ownership information
Operator	PowerBridge, LLC
Technical information
Type	Submarine power cable
Type of current	HVDC
Power rating	660 MW
DC voltage	500 kV

The Neptune Cable is a 500kV and 660 MW¹ high-voltage direct current submarine power cable between the Red Oak Power station Sayreville, New Jersey and New Cassel, New York, on Long Island.² It carries 22 percent of Long Island's electricity.³ It was developed by Anbaric Development Partners.

The cable is managed by Fairfield, Connecticut-based PowerBridge, LLC.¹

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 Island⁴ that was a response to the Northeast blackout of 2003 and delays by Connecticut in activating the Cross Sound Cable,⁵ and due to continued high peak demand over multiple years.⁶⁷ 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.⁷

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.