Built to Power the Future Additional Local Upgrades Underway This project is part of a $1.6 million investment to make the electric system stronger and more reliable for Northern Monmouth County. Here's what's happening: An additional $36 million project is upgrading aging insulators – the parts that keep power lines securely attached to poles – along 76 miles of lines in Monmouth, Essex, Hunterdon, Middlesex and Morris counties. Upgrading these aging components, some of which are more than 40 years old, lo ...