PSEG North Central Reliability Project mentioned in B Feeney email rcd 11 14 2025

HPO Project# 11-1547-7 HPO E2012-033 PROD Page 3 of 10 Metuchen." The Northern Inner Ring was constructed between 1926 and 1928 and "encircles" PSE&G's "northern service territory and the state's historically urban and industrial core." The report notes that "The Northern Inner Ring eventually formed part of the infrastructure necessary for PSE&G to function effectively and to help it implement the company's more ambitious plans for a 220,000-volt power pool known as the Pennsylvania-New Jersey Interconnection between itself, Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO), and Pennsylvania Power and Light (PP&L), completed in 1932" and cites character-defining features as the "tall narrow steel transmission towers, long straight stretches of remote right of way, widely spaced outdoor switching substations [each] with adjacent multi-story brick support building housing a control room, offices, storage space, and a tall transformer repair shop." The justification of eligibility concludes that the Northern Inner Ring Transmission Line is "eligible for listing in the National Register at the state level under Criterion A in the area of Engineering, Industry, and Commerce and under Criterion C as a significant and distinguishable entity. The Northern Inner Ring Transmission Line established a means to back up and supplement power to the utility's internal system of generation and radial distribution networks by means of a 132,000-volt transmission line and four new switching/ sub-stations." The system "facilitated the distribution of dependable electrical energy to the state's historically urban northern industrial core, helping to meet the region's increasing demand for electricity and transforming industry in the process. In conjunction with other high-voltage transmission lines built at the same time by PSE&G and other utilities, the Northern Inner Ring Transmission Line formed the first part of the utility's comprehensive plans to integrate its entire system through 132,000-volt transmission." The justification of eligibility also notes that the National Register of Historic Places eligible Northern Inner Ring Transmission Line continues beyond the limits of the current North Central Reliability Project and that "future surveys of other sections of the line may lead to changes in the property's period of significance and boundaries." The period of significance of the

North Central Reliability Project and that "future surveys of other sections of the line may lead to changes in the property's period of significance and boundaries." The period of significance of the portions of the Northern Inner Ring Transmission Line that will be affected by the North Central Reliability Project is identified as from 1927, with the beginning of construction, to 1951, with changes resulting from the opening of the Sewaren generating station. The West Orange Switching Sub-Station and Metuchen Switching Sub-Station are described as "retaining the same Art Deco styling and overall form as the [individually National Register of Historic Places eligible] Roseland Sub-station." The justification of eligibility concludes that both the West Orange and Metuchen Switching Sub-stations are eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A in the area of Architecture as a distinctive and well-preserved example of Industrial Art-Deco-style architecture associated with the electrical utility industry. The West Orange Sub-station includes the central brick control room and repair shop, brick gate house, and brick and cast-iron perimeter fence. The Metuchen Substation consists of the central brick building containing the control room and transformer repair shop. Both the West Orange and Metuchen Switching Sub-stations are key-contributing buildings to the PSE&G Northern Inner Ring Transmission Line. The Force Farmhouse, 339 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Livingston Township, is described in the report as "a well preserved and an excellent example of Gothic Revival style architecture" and a "building that retains nearly all of its building fabric and detail." These features include "wood clapboards, wood sash windows, bracketed cornices, ornately decorated porches, and double wood central doors." The justification of eligibility concludes that, because the Force Farmhouse