‘Green’ groups asks Murphy for moratorium on new fossil-fuel infrastructure
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - With a dozen natural-gas projects pending in New Jersey, a coalition of environmental groups stepped up calls yesterday for Gov. Phil Murphy [go to article]
Proposed Meadowlands power plant would be NJ’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter
SCOTT FALLON / NORTHJERSEY.COM - A controversial, natural gas-fired power plant proposed for the Meadowlands would emit more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse [go to article]
More job losses last year for New Jersey’s solar sector, report asserts
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - New Jersey’s solar sector shed 10 percent of its jobs last year, reflecting a nationwide trend of declining employment [go to article]
Working with private sector to torque up municipal energy systems
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - The state is aiming to promote private-sector investment in energy-related projects at government-owned facilities [go to article]
Another expert casts doubt on need for NJ to subsidize nuclear plants
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - New Jersey should hold off awarding ratepayers’ subsidies to nuclear power plants until a federal agency decides whether to boost [go to article]
Gov. Phil Murphy says review of proposed Meadowlands power plant still in early stages
SCOTT FALLON / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Gov. Phil Murphy remained noncommittal Thursday on whether he supports or disapproves of a proposed gas-fired power plant [go to article]
Power execs press electric grid operator for help on revenues
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - The chief executive officers of three major energy companies are pressing the regional grid operator to move much faster [go to article]
NJ governor wants full fracking ban in the Delaware River Basin
DAVID LEVINSKY / THE INTELLIGENCER - Gov. Phil Murphy voiced his strong support for a full ban on hydraulic gas drilling in the Delaware River Basin [go to article]
Rate Counsel says PSEG, Exelon failed to show need for $300m nuclear subsidies
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - The state should deny $300 million in ratepayer subsidies to PSEG Nuclear and Exelon Generation as the two companies [go to article]
Betting $1 million on offshore New Jersey wind paid off big time
CHRIS MARTIN / BLOOMBERG - Over the past year, U.S. Wind got calls “every day” to sell a lease the energy company bought for $1 million in 2015 [go to article]
