In addition to removing a cost analysis, the bill also requires the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to approve the offshore project located 4.5 kilometers from Atlantic City.
Cost-benefit analysis have delayed the project. The BPU has twice rejected the project on the basis that it fails to give consumers value for money.
In April, the BPU refused the project saying that its expected energy price of $263/MWh was too high and should not be paid for by state consumers. Judges from the state superior court ordered BPU to reconsider the project with a more accurate electricity price of $199.17/MWh.
In November, the BPU the project again. Now the state's government has stepped in to allow the project to proceed. The law still needs to be approved by the state assembly and the governor Chris Christie.
The 25MW demonstration site is a crucial part of Fishermen's plan to build a 330MW development off the New Jersey coast by 2022.
The developer said it already has all the federal and state permits it needs to start construction. It is due to use the turbine but Fishermen's has said it is in discussion with other manufacturers, while keeping XEMC in the frame.
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