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Bills to Watch
On October 24, 2024 Senator Diegnan of New Jersey introduced S3817, which requires the DEP to implement the Advanced Clean Trucks regulations no earlier than January 1, 2027. Assemblyman Calabrese introduced the identical bill, A4967.
On October 28, 2024 Senator Stack introduced S3845, which requires the BPU to consider affordability to ratepayers before approving base rate cases for electric public utilities.
On October 28, 2024 S3308, which requires electric public utilities to implement certain improvements to the interconnection process for grid supply solar facilities under 20 MW, passed the Senate and was referred to the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
On October 28, 2024, S3620 passed the Senate and was referred to the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee. The bill requires electric and gas utilities to establish an “Energy Bill Watch” program to notify a smart meter customer when the customer’s electricity or gas usage exceeds certain thresholds. The bill also requires that utility bills include the dollar amount charged the previous cycle, the current cycle and the difference between the amounts.
On October 28, 2024 the Senate amended S223 to clarify that third parties authorized by a customer would have access to the customer’s energy usage data under the provisions of the bill which directs the BPU to establish certain standards concerning electric public utility use of customer energy usage data. Currently there is no companion bill in the Assembly.
On October 7, 2024, Senator Zwicker introduced S3737, which revises requirements for certain greenhouse gas emissions monitoring and reporting activities.
A coalition of climate groups rallied in Trenton recently to urge the passage of a bill that would require companies that have produced fossil fuels since 1995 to pay for economic damages borne of climate change. S3545 would require firms that mined fossil fuels or refined crude oil, or their corporate successors, to pay damages to the state if the Department of Environmental Protection finds they were responsible for more than 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions since 1995. Money collected from the fines would flow into a dedicated fund that would pay for climate resilience projects and could be invested to earn interest before their disbursal.
