Establishes Clean Energy Technology Center and Alternative and Clean Energy Investment Trust Fund for purposes of creating clean energy-related employment opportunities; allocates revenues from societal benefits charge to support its activities.
This bill establishes a Clean Energy Technology Center within New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities and creates an Alternative and Clean Energy Investment Trust Fund. The fund will be financed with revenues from the societal benefits charge collected from electric and gas utility customers to support clean energy research, workforce training, and job creation. The Center will provide loans and loan guarantees to clean energy companies, institutions of higher education, and nonprofits to stimulate clean energy ventures and workforce development. The bill specifically prioritizes programs that create economic opportunities for low and moderate-income communities in the clean energy sector.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
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