A more than 40% decline in New Jersey solar installation capacity from 2023 to 2024 has added to the debate over how to retool the state’s net-metering system to help advance the solar sector.

Solar developers are urging the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to extend the completion timelines in the agency’s proposed storage development plan.

Several state consumer advocates filed a complaint at FERC alleging PJM’s capacity market is failing to mitigate market power, overestimating future load and producing high clearing prices that generation owners cannot act on. 

An unprecedented heat wave that triggered a double-digit hike in residential use in New Jersey is being blamed for dramatic spikes in customer electricity rates over the summer.

The Independent Market Monitor has argued energy efficiency can’t participate as a capacity resource because the load reductions already are accounted for in PJM’s load forecast.

The New Jersey Legislature appears to be backing bills that would allow offshore wind developer Ørsted to directly received federal tax credits for its Ocean Wind 1 project.

New Jersey lawmakers are considering a pile of proposed laws related to clean energy as the legislature nears its summer recess.

New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities pulled an agenda item modifying the state’s offshore transmission project after a Division of Rate Counsel complaint.

Consumer advocates, environmental groups and a Maryland lawmaker urged PJM to adopt more transparent decision making processes.