DOVER – Legislators met Monday afternoon to discuss a bill that would effectively nullify a decision previously made this year by the Sussex County Council to block a proposed substation for a wind farm that would be built off of the Sussex County and Ocean City, Md., coastlines and bring more electric to the region.

During the Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee Meeting Monday, Senate Bill 159 sponsor Sen. Stephanie Hansen (D-Middletown) specified the intent of the bill, explaining that it seeks to approve a permit for the substation which was voted down by the Sussex County Council 4-1 earlier this year following a public hearing.

The council has been the only government body to deny the permit while others agreed to allow the development, including the Sussex Cou

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