NJ Assemblywoman Criticizes ‘Electrify Everything’ Push After Storm Leaves Thousands Without Power

Trenton, NJ – New Jersey Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia is criticizing the state’s energy policies after powerful thunderstorms knocked out electricity to more than 150,000 JCP&L customers heading into a sweltering Fourth of July weekend. In a social media post Saturday morning, Fantasia pointed to widespread power outages and forecasts calling for temperatures near 100 degrees as evidence that New Jersey’s electric grid is being pushed to its limits. “We just got ROCKED by massive storms up here on top of sweltering heat,” Fantasia wrote alongside a screenshot of the JCP&L outage map. Questions raised about grid reliability Fantasia criticized what…