In July the NJ Assembly passed A2374 (available here) by a vote of 68 to 6. The bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (Hudson) and Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin (Middlesex), essentially rewrites the existing (and nonfunctioning) PACE statute of 2011 (PL Read More …
February 14, 2019: NJ’s new stormwater utility bill (A2694/S1073) authorizes municipalities to collect fees on parking lots and other impervious surfaces to fund improvements to failing stormwater systems. But it has many commercial property owners concerned that they will now Read More …
New Jersey has long sought to be a leader in energy efficiency. However, the state has had limited success in this intention. Under the Christie Administration, the Clean Energy Fund was raided by half a billion dollars to balance the Read More …
A letter of support for the passage and approval of the pending PACE bill (A1902/S1611) in New Jersey is gaining signatories from across the country and from many different stakeholder groups. The support letter reads in part: PACE resolves the Read More …
Update:The new Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) legislation — Senate Bill S1611— has been approved unanimously by the Senate Environment & Energy Committee, and is now moving to the Senate Appropriations Committee, which may recommend some technical changes. Based on Read More …
Former Governor Florio to Receive Cary Edwards Leadership Award (2018) Former New Jersey Governor Jim Florio will receive the Cary Edwards Leadership Award at NJFuture’s 2018 Smart Growth Awards Celebration, Wednesday, June 6, 5:30-8:00 PM in the Great Hall, Rutgers Read More …
Commercial solar and energy storage are stronger than ever, despite the political climate in the U.S. The Trump Administration presents new challenges to advancing a clean energy economy with funding cuts and policy changes, while new opportunities abound at the Read More …
New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum 2018: Friday, March 9, 8:00 am to 4:45 pm at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, NJ New Jersey Future’s annual Redevelopment Forum is a day-long event that brings together more than 500 local and Read More …
NJPACE members receive a 10% discount. Use code NP-SummitUSA10 to register with the discount. The best place to discover the East Coast markets — New York just announced a 1,000 percentage increase in solar power in six years, with another Read More …
Our friends at Food and Water Watch write: With every year of delayed action, we move closer to runaway climate catastrophe. Pollution from our current energy system is already taking a massive toll on our public health and safety, with Read More …