Atlantic Power Transmission LLC, a Blackstone Infrastructure Partners Portfolio Company, Announces Bid for New Jersey Offshore Wind Transmission Project

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APT has prioritized union labor and has partnered with the New Jersey union coalition, including Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, International Union of Operating Engineers Locals 825 and 25 and Iron Workers Local 399, which will bring the region’s best-skilled and trained tradespersons to this state-of-the-art project and ensure that trades unions are a bedrock of New Jersey’s clean energy program.
Commenting on the announcement, Global Head of Infrastructure at Blackstone, Sean Klimczak said, “We are excited to support New Jersey’s offshore wind efforts and are proud to partner with the New Jersey union coalition.
William C. Sproule, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters said, “New Jersey is uniquely positioned as a hub for offshore wind, and we are pleased that our skilled tradespersons are at the forefront of this exciting movement to bring greater energy sustainability to our State.”
Atlantic Power Transmission LLC (“APT”) APT is a Blackstone Infrastructure Partners Portfolio Company, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey and is dedicated to developing, constructing and operating planned transmission systems along the US East Coast to enable efficient interconnection of commercial scale offshore wind facilities.