This bill requires New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) to issue special windshield stickers for qualifying electric vehicles. Owners of eligible EVs would display these stickers to prove exemption from annual emission inspections. The bill defines "electric vehicle" as one powered solely by electricity without hydrocarbon fuel (excluding plug-in hybrids). It directly affects EV owners by eliminating a required inspection for their vehicles under the new sticker system.
This New Jersey bill (S 3560) increases tax credits for corporations conducting research in targeted industries like clean energy, life sciences, and high-tech sectors. It raises the research credit rate from 10% to 15% for businesses in these industries and boosts the basic research payment credit to 15%. Crucially, it makes the research tax credit refundable - meaning corporations can receive cash payments if credits exceed their tax liability, rather than only reducing taxes owed. The bill directly affects New Jersey-based corporations engaged in qualifying research activities, with "targeted industries" defined by the state's Economic Development Authority.
This bill establishes the Office of Permitting and Broadband Deployment and Development Efficiency within New Jersey's Department of State and creates the NJ Permit Fast Track Program. The Office will regulate access to utility poles and rights-of-way, enforce strict timelines for permit processing (30 days for pole disputes, 180 days for others), publish a statewide permit list online, and recommend efficiency improvements to the Governor and Legislature. It directly affects project developers (especially for critical infrastructure or economic development projects), utilities managing poles/conduits, and local governments issuing permits. The bill appropriates $2 million to fund the Office's operations and the Fast Track Program.
This bill amends New Jersey's electric vehicle (EV) parking requirements to clarify how the number of required EV parking spaces is calculated. It specifies that if a fractional space is needed (e.g., 10.2 spaces), it must be rounded up to the next whole number. However, the rounded-up total cannot reduce the overall parking supply by more than 10 percent. This applies to developers building new multi-unit housing or parking facilities that must comply with existing EV parking mandates under P.L.2021, c.171. The rule ensures rounding up does not significantly limit available parking spaces.
This bill directs New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to create a program enabling gas public utilities to invest in renewable natural gas (RNG) infrastructure and procure RNG. It directly affects gas utilities (like gas companies) and their ratepayers (customers who pay gas bills). Key provisions require the BPU to establish a ratemaking mechanism allowing utilities to recover all prudently incurred costs - such as capital investments in RNG infrastructure, operating expenses, and RNG procurement costs - from customers through regular rate adjustments. The BPU must approve both the program and cost recovery mechanism, ensuring rates reflect actual costs while protecting ratepayers.
S 3623 establishes a Fusion Energy and Technology Incentive Program through New Jersey's Economic Development Authority (EDA) to support fusion energy development. It provides tax credits to two groups: (1) power plant owners who lease space to fusion energy or technology companies, and (2) the companies themselves operating facilities on power plant sites. The program uses funds from the Global Warming Solutions Fund to cover these tax credits, targeting facilities that generate electricity using fusion energy or develop fusion technology. This policy directly affects power plant owners and fusion technology companies in New Jersey by offering financial incentives to repurpose power plant sites for fusion energy projects.
This bill (A 3974) modifies New Jersey's renewable energy incentive programs to support solar development on specific land types. It allows multiple solar projects to co-locate on the same or adjacent properties without size restrictions, removes power output limits for projects on landfills, brownfields, contaminated sites, or mining sites, and requires projects on these sites to achieve commercial operation within 33 months (with automatic extensions for utility delays). Electric utilities must process interconnection applications for community solar and remote net metering projects within 90 days and complete interconnection within 30 days, facing $5,000 daily penalties for delays. These changes directly affect solar developers, utilities, and participants in New Jersey's community solar and remote net metering programs.
This bill creates a dedicated "Electric Vehicle Battery Repurposing Fund" in New Jersey's General Fund, funded by $500 for every retail sale of an electric vehicle in the state during the prior fiscal year. The fund supports environmentally safe repurposing (using used batteries for stationary storage like home energy systems), remanufacturing (restoring batteries to original condition), and recycling of electric vehicle batteries. It directly affects electric vehicle owners through the sales-based funding mechanism and battery management companies implementing these processes. The bill requires the Division of Taxation to track EV sales to calculate annual fund contributions, with the fund's money exclusively used for these battery management activities.
This bill prohibits electric utilities from raising residential rates during summer (June 1-August 31) and gas utilities from raising rates during winter (January 1-March 31). It also requires utilities to send residential customers at least 30 days' advance notice via mail or email before any rate increase takes effect. The law directly affects New Jersey households that rely on electric or gas utilities for home energy. Key provisions include seasonal rate increase bans and mandatory notice requirements, aiming to protect consumers from unexpected cost spikes during peak usage periods. The bill takes immediate effect upon enactment.
This bill (A 3422) limits electric utility rate increases for eligible low- and middle-income residential households in New Jersey. It prohibits utilities from raising rates for these households by more than the previous year’s inflation rate (based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index). Eligible households are defined as those earning ≤200% of the federal poverty level (low-income) or ≤400% (middle-income). Utilities must report program details to the Board of Public Utilities and face fines for non-compliance, with annual reports to the Legislature summarizing impacts.
