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Signaling a move to the "transmission first" strategy, New Jersey regulators voted Wednesday to ask PJM to conduct a competitive solicitation for upgrades to connect 6,400 MW of offshore wind to the regional grid. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities unanimously requested that PJM integrate the state’s OSW goals...

New Jersey is moving closer to adopting wide-ranging programs promoting the deployment of electric vehicles and energy storage throughout the state. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities held two days of hearings last week to hear comments on Public Service Electric and Gas’ petition to implement the EV and...

An estimated 20,000 to 30,000 MW of offshore wind capacity representing a $28 billion to $57 billion investment in the U.S. economy will be operational by 2030, according to the U.S. Offshore Wind Power Economic Impact Assessment. OSW project development, construction and operations could bring a projected 83,000 jobs in that...

New Jersey regulators on Wednesday approved a "shared responsibility" model for building a public electric vehicle charging network that will have utilities provide the wiring infrastructure and private investors owning the charging equipment in most instances (QO20050357). The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities’ order will have ratepayers fund the...

New Jersey legislators are considering a bill that would require the Board of Public Utilities to study the implications of withdrawing from PJM and either going it alone or joining NYISO. NJ Sen. Bob Smith (D) | NJ Senate Members of the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee voted...

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) is putting its solar and fossil fuel generation on the block as it seeks to transform into a primarily regulated electric and gas utility, company officials announced Friday during its second quarter earnings call. In his presentation, PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo said the company is...

New Jersey has released a plan detailing how it will procure 7,500 MW in offshore wind resources in the next 15 years as part of its goal to reach 100% clean energy by 2050. The 82-page draft of the New Jersey Offshore Wind Strategic Plan and its 428 pages of...

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reopen a complaint filed by New York state over air pollution from upwind coal generators in nine other states. New York petitioned the EPA in 2018 to find that power-generating and other facilities in Illinois, Indiana,...