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February 20, 2026

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJ BPU)

Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey
N.J. Targets Data Centers in New Source Push
New Jersey legislators advanced a bill that would protect ratepayers from rate hikes triggered by data center development, as the state looks for ways to add generation capacity, boost its infrastructure and curb energy use.
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U.S. Offshore Wind Supporters Map Path Forward
After a remarkably bad year for the U.S. offshore wind industry, the Oceantic Network’s annual conference was focused on engineering a rebound rather than licking wounds.
Raritan Valley Community College
N.J. Looks to Utilities for Solar Expansion Answers
New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities is asking the state’s four utilities for thoughts on how to help waive regulations and speed up the connection of distributed energy resources as it seeks to modernize its grid.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill via X
New N.J. Governor Rapidly Confronts Electricity Crisis
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed two sweeping executive orders that sought to control the state’s aggressively rising electricity rates through ratepayer credits and generation expansion.
Solar Landscape
N.J. BPU Evaluates Broadening Class 1 Solar REC Program
New Jersey is evaluating a request by two solar companies to change state rules to allow out-of-state solar electricity generators to receive renewable energy certificates.
Shutterstock
N.J. Seeks to Promote Energy-efficient Construction
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities is looking to stimulate energy-efficient construction with a new program that offers a simpler incentive application process and incentives of up to $2.50/square foot of construction. 
AC Power
N.J. Solar Project Developers Scramble, Wonder What Comes Next
As solar development companies race to meet the deadlines by which they can secure federal investment tax credits before the program expires, developers see a better-than-expected short-term outlook but a grim long term.
Exelon
PJM TEAC Briefs: Sept. 9, 2025
PJM and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities are in discussions on how the transmission and interconnection facilities planned for the state’s offshore wind aspirations can be put on ice in the wake of all the generation developers pulling out of their projects.
PJM
Feds Pull $716M Loan Commitment from N.J. Offshore Wind Project
The Department of Energy has withdrawn a $716 million loan commitment that would have helped New Jersey upgrade the state transmission system to connect offshore wind to the grid.
Advanced Solar Products
N.J. Plan Would Put RGGI Funds into Storage, Infrastructure
New Jersey's latest draft investment plan for its Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative funds would broaden the state's portfolio to include electrifying multifamily housing and accelerating investment in wind and solar infrastructure.

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