"Energy Security and Affordability Act"; requires BPU to consider energy security, diversity, and affordability when preparing Energy Master Plan and perform economic and ratepayer impact analysis of energy generation projects and Energy Master Plan.
This bill requires New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to prioritize energy security, diversity, and affordability when updating the state's Energy Master Plan. It mandates the BPU to conduct detailed cost and impact analyses for all energy generation projects and the Master Plan itself, including breakdowns of financial effects on ratepayers, state/local governments, and infrastructure costs. The plan must limit intermittent energy sources (like wind/solar) to no more than 50% of the state's energy portfolio and prioritize in-state energy generation to reduce subsidies for out-of-state sources. These changes directly affect the BPU, ratepayers (through potential cost impacts), and energy developers (requiring pre-approval analyses), while ensuring public transparency via online analysis publications and annual committee testimony.
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Mar 2024
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Introduced Mar 4, 2024
Last action Mar 4, 2024
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Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
upper
2 primary · 13 co-sponsors
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Latham Tiver
RRepublican
P
Tony Bucco
RRepublican
Co
Bob Singer
RRepublican
Co
Carmen Amato
RRepublican
Co
Declan O'Scanlon
RRepublican
Co
Doug Steinhardt
RRepublican
Co
Holly Schepisi
RRepublican
Co
Jim Holzapfel
RRepublican
Co
Joe Pennacchio
RRepublican
Co
Jon Bramnick
RRepublican
Co
Kristin Corrado
RRepublican
Co
Mike Testa
RRepublican
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