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A man walks his dog on the beach, Sept. 30, 2024, in Sea Girt, N.J., the location where a future power cable from an offshore wind farms is projected to come ashore. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

A man walks his dog on the beach, Sept. 30, 2024, in Sea Girt, N.J., the location where a future power cable from an offshore wind farms is projected to come ashore. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

A polluted site in Wall Township, N.J. that could be disturbed by digging for an offshore wind power cable is fenced off on Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parr

A polluted site in Wall Township, N.J. that could be disturbed by digging for an offshore wind power cable is fenced off on Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parr

Beachfront in Sea Girt, N.J., where a power cable from offshore wind farms is projected to come ashore is seen, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Beachfront in Sea Girt, N.J., where a power cable from offshore wind farms is projected to come ashore is seen, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Beachfront in Sea Girt, N.J., where a power cable from offshore wind farms is projected to come ashore is seen, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Beachfront in Sea Girt, N.J., where a power cable from offshore wind farms is projected to come ashore is seen, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Kimberly Paterson, a leader of a group opposed to a project to bring an offshore wind power cable onshore in her community, speaks, Sept. 30, 2024, on a beach in Sea Girt, N.J., where the cable is projected to come ashore. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Kimberly Paterson, a leader of a group opposed to a project to bring an offshore wind power cable onshore in her community, speaks, Sept. 30, 2024, on a beach in Sea Girt, N.J., where the cable is projected to come ashore. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

A padlock protects a polluted site in Wall Township, N.J., that could be disturbed by digging for an offshore wind power cable, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

A padlock protects a polluted site in Wall Township, N.J., that could be disturbed by digging for an offshore wind power cable, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Beachfront in Sea Girt, N.J., where a power cable from offshore wind farms is projected to come ashore is seen, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Beachfront in Sea Girt, N.J., where a power cable from offshore wind farms is projected to come ashore is seen, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)