On September 17, 2026, in Docket No. QO26090528, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a Request for Information (RFI), inviting responses to 33 questions. The responses will help the BPU implement the new certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) review processes for electric distribution companies (EDCs) undertaking a “supplemental transmission projects” …
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On December 26, 2025, in Docket No. QO23090679, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) Staff issued a Notice announcing that it will hold a stakeholder meeting on January 9, 2026, at 1:00 pm ET to “present information on the application portal and submission requirements” for the Dual-Use Solar Pilot Program. There will also …
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Read the Full ArticleOn June 30, 2025, in Docket QO20020184, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a Notice announcing a stakeholder meeting scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 pm via Zoom. The purpose of this meeting is to solicit public input as part of the BPU’s three-year review of the …
Read the Full ArticleAs last discussed in PJM Flash 25-18, on April 23, 2025, in Docket No. QO21101186, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued an Order establishing dates, price caps, and rules for the third solicitation of the Competitive Solar Incentive (CSI) Program, a competitive procurement program that issues solar RECs for electricity produced by selected facilities. On June 2, …
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Read the Full ArticleOn March 20, 2025, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) announced they have accepted the findings and recommendations in the Brattle Group report (The Report) titled “An Assessment of Energy Affordability in New Jersey and Alternative Policy and Rate Options.” The Report was submitted to the BPU in Docket No. QO24110853, and evaluates …
Read the Full ArticleThe New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee will hold a hearing (notice) March 17, 2025, at 1:00 pm, on two bills related to clean energy. We summarize the bills below. SR 125- A resolution urging states in the PJM Interconnection region to adopt measures requiring data centers to obtain their electricity from new zero- …
Read the Full ArticleOn March 11, 2025, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) issued a Notice scheduling an informational session and soliciting comments on its proposal to true up the New Jersey Clean Energy Program’s 2025 budget, as well as proposed program revisions. The virtual information session is scheduled for March 26 at 10:00 am (Zoom); …
Read the Full ArticleThe New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced its quarterly Business Breakfast Summit is scheduled for March 21, 2025, at 8:00 am. The Summit aims to connect businesses, nonprofits, and government entities with resources from New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program to help support the State’s clean energy transition. Speakers will include the NJBPU President …
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Read the Full ArticleAs last discussed in PJM Special Flash 24-20.1, On May 14, 2024, in Docket QO24020126, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comments on the State’s 2019 Energy Master Plan (EMP) by June 12 at 5:00 pm. The EMP, which the BPU is required to update in 2024, describes the State’s plan to …
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Read the Full ArticleOn February 10, 2025, the Senate Committee on Environment and Energy will hold a hearing (agenda here) at which the Committee will hear testimony on several bills, including S364 – An Act concerning fusion energy and amending P.L. 1999, c.23. If enacted, this bill would add nuclear fusion resources as a Class I RPS resource. …
Read the Full ArticleOn January 30, 2025, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) signed S3308 – An Act Concerning Certain Grid Supply Solar Facilities And Supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes into law. The law has been chaptered Public Law 2025, Chapter 7 (P.L. 2025, c.7). We last discussed the S3308 in PJM Flash 25-1, when it …
Read the Full ArticleOn December 2, 2024, in Docket QO21101186, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a Notice of RFI on the Competitive Solar Incentive (CSI) program’s upcoming third solicitation. The CSI program awards SREC II contracts to solar, or solar-and-storage projects over 5 MW. We last discussed the CSI program in PJM Flash 24-39, when …
Read the Full ArticleOn November 12, 2024, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced that it had filed in Docket QO22080540 its 2024 New Jersey Energy Storage Incentive Program (NJ SIP) Straw Proposal (2024 Straw Proposal). The 2024 Straw Proposal outlines proposed incentives for standalone Grid Supply (i.e., front-of-the-meter) energy storage systems (ESSs) and solar-plus-storage projects …
Read the Full ArticleOn November 8, 2024, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) opened Docket QO24090723 and issued a Public Notice announcing a virtual public meeting scheduled for November 19, 2024, from 12:30-3:30pm to discuss NJBPU net metering policy. Pursuant to P.L.2018 c.17, the Clean Energy Act of 2018 (CEA), New Jersey electric distribution companies (EDCs) …
Read the Full ArticleOn September 11, 2024, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a Notice (in Docket No. QO24020127) that seeks stakeholder comments on a revised version of the proposed State Energy Program for Non-Investor-Owned Utilities (IOU), which would be added to the state’s Clean Energy Program (CEP). The CEP provides funding for electric efficiency …
Read the Full ArticleOn August 30, 2024, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU)issues a Notice for a virtual stakeholders meeting to discuss the Competitive Solar Incentive Program (Docket No. QO21101186). The BPU will provide feedback on the second solicitation which closed on February 29, 2024. As discussed in PJM Flash 24-17, a total of 310 MW …
Read the Full ArticleOn September 5, 2024, at 10:30 am, the New Jersey Green Bank will hold a Board Meeting, available both in-person and through teleconference. The agenda and teleconference link are available here. For those attending in person, the meeting will be held at 36 West State St, Trenton, NJ.
Read the Full ArticleThe New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has scheduled its Annual Board Meeting for September 11, 2024. Interested parties may participate in the conference by phone at 877-692-8955 Conference ID: 4204420, or in-person at the NJEDA Board Room, 36 West State St., Trenton, NJ. NJEDA has not released an agenda for the meeting.
Read the Full ArticleOn August 13, 2024, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a Public Notice which contained an RFI regarding changes to the Remote Net Metering application and approval process. On December 21, 2023, Governor Murphy signed P.L. 2023, c. 190 – an Act concerning Remote Net Metering (the Act) which required the BPU …
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Read the Full ArticleOn August 14, 2024, at 10:00 am, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities will hold a board meeting to discuss several topics related to offshore wind and the New Jersey State Energy Program. The link to the full agenda can be found here. These items, arranged by subject, are outlined below: Offshore Wind New …
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