“Fishermen’s is confident that the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities will recognize the vetting by the DOE of the project, and will now engage with Fishermen’s to finalize our … application so the project can proceed expeditiously,” said Chris Wissemann, the company’s CEO, the Associated Press reported.

Greg Reinert, a spokesman for the New Jersey utilities board, declined to offer much for AP’s story, aside from noting that Fishermen’s Energy is appealing the project’s most recent denial in court.

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities concluded in April that the Chinese company did not demonstrate financial integrity.