Energy Policy

“If we don't increase our capacity over the next decade, we will see rolling blackouts,” Hochul warned during her announcement at the Niagara Power Plant.

With a gubernatorial election on the horizon, a new survey of New Jersey voters reveals that economic concerns and the cost of living are...

Managing growing electricity demand while transitioning the generation mix presents a complex balancing act.

"There’s a full-on race in the tech industry, and in tech-centric investment communities, to spend billions of dollars on new AI-infused infrastructures. The furious pace of expanding manufacturing to produce AI-capable silicon chips and simultaneously building massive, AI-infused datacenters is shattering the illusion that a digital economy enables a decoupling of economic growth from rising energy use."

"...But what was presented at the meeting by consultant Energy+Environmental Economics (E3) was not a complete draft, but instead a short slide presentation titled, 'Executive Summary DRAFT'"

“Part of the problem is sheer cost: many trillions of dollars, with great uncertainty as to who is to pay it. Part of the problem is the failure to appreciate that climate goals do not exist in a vacuum. They coexist with other objectives—from GDP growth and economic development to energy security and reducing local pollution—and are complicated by rising global tensions, both East-West and North-South.”

Recently PJM, the power market and transmission operator for 65 million people in a 13 state region including New Jersey, announced that as a...

New England has some of the highest energy rates in the country. Residential electricity rates in New England are about 80% higher per kilowatt-hour...

New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the union, has diverse energy needs and faces a complex web of challenges in its pursuit...

The "Energy Security and Affordability Act" (Bill S2839), introduced in the NJ Senate March 2024, aims to reshape New Jersey's energy planning by mandating...

New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan is getting an update, a much-anticipated task given its role as the road map for how the state is...

In this article from NJ Spotlight News, reporter Tom Johnson discusses the challenges of electrification in New Jersey. New Jersey is pushing to electrify its...

This article from WBUR enumerates the challenges of building out the electrical grid: The Northeast’s electrical transmission system is not robust enough to support the...