If you were hoping that a new administration would usher in a new era of transparency and openness at the BPU, we've got news for you. You're going to be disappointed. Let's check out what happened at the last meeting. You see since we haven't already paid enough for consultants to produce absolutely no new energy already in the last [...]

We've got some serious word games going on in the energy space and it's past time we stop the talk. Between 2004 and 2016, we acted more and talked less. In the process, New Jersey reduced its reliance on importing electricity from the PJM grid, eventually becoming a net exporter: We did that all while reducing emissions. But now the state [...]

Surprise. New Jersey is trying to move forward with a new energy project and some environmentalists are already coming out of the woodwork to oppose it. And in the process they are trying to make it about anything but energy. Let's see the measured language being used to discuss the nuclear legislation that was signed by the Governor in this [...]

When you're wrong, you're wrong. And the only way to address the mistakes you made that took you in the wrong direction is to change the actions you take going forward. But before changing direction, the first step to fix a problem is admit you have one and that is what the EU has done when it comes to nuclear: [...]

We wish this were an April Fool's joke, but unfortunately it's not. Members of the Joint Congressional Economic Committee released state-by-state figures from monthly utility bill data that paints a very dark picture. The report showed showed that on average, American households paid roughly $110, or 6.4%, more for electricity in 2025, compared to 2024. As you can see from [...]

Guess what, we still need more energy. And in order to get more energy, we need more pipelines. A new study was released that makes clear that we need more pipelines to add capacity so that we can meet continued growing demand: The study says that North America needs nearly 40,000 miles of new natural gas pipeline and a 39% [...]

Last week, the Governor unveiled her budget and despite vowing a different way, she continued the practice of taking from other funds. In order to help sustain NJ Transit, she proposed redirecting $140 million from the Garden State’s Clean Energy Fund. Let us just state up front that we are never going to reduce rates and bills if we keep [...]

We saw some big news come out in the nuclear world last week as we move closer to shovels in the ground. The Nuclear Regulator Commission approved construction of a groundbreaking new nuclear reactor in Wyoming. From their release: As the release notes, this is a big step with the first Gen IV reactor ever approved, the first commercial reactor [...]

We point regularly to the actions taken by other states and warning signs we need to look out for. This time, we just need to look across the river to New York. They're making the explicit case that the actions the state would need to take to meet their Climate law requirements would be devastating for households. In a memo [...]

It has been one month since Governor Sherrill took office and we finally have been provided a glimmer of what the path on energy may look like. Last week, the administration released its energy transition report which is intended to guide their policy. At AENJ, we created a word cloud with the text to help explain what is and more [...]

Last week, the BPU announced that they certified the 2026 electricity auction results. While what they put out was a standard press release, this paragraph in their statement caught our attention: It is disingenuous to assert that the last several auction results were not the consequences of state policy that slashed in-state baseload generation by more than 30%. Purposeful policy [...]

Politicians might think it is ok to point fingers while failing to do anything meaningful to solve the problems we are facing. But businesses need more certainty. They need to deal with the world as it is, not some dream reinforced by talking points that don't match their bottom line. And what it seems businesses have decided is that they [...]

It's winter, which means it's real cold outside. None of this is surprising when demand increases to keep our homes warm. And as you can imagine, the fact that we are producing less energy and depending more on people outside our state is causing more challenges. PJM offered these comments as reported in Yahoo Finance on the stresses the grid is [...]

We're not even a week into the new administration and already there are potential problems on the horizon. After taking the oath of office, the new Governor signed two executive orders dealing with energy. In EO2, sections 5 and 6 look at the consideration of waiving compliance for permitting or siting electricity generation and grid stabilization projects, plus ordering the [...]

At Affordable Energy for New Jersey, we feel like we've been pretty consistent. Mandates that are not feasible combined with technology that is not reliable has led to energy prices that are not affordable. That's why we were encouraged to see a report come out last week from the Progressive Policy Institute talking about the cold reality that the unrealistic [...]

We talk a lot about the Board of Public Utilities here at AENJ. That's why it's good to see that for the first time in close to two years, the BPU will have a full complement of Commissioners to help guide the Energy Policy for the state of NJ. Prior to the new year, the Senate Judiciary committee cleared Joseph [...]

It's great to want things. In fact, there's plenty we at AENJ want and have fought to get for years. But sometimes the things you want just aren't possible to get given the circumstances. At least not in that moment (which we have dealt with for the last 8 years). For the past decade much of our energy conversation in [...]

Guess what? Energy prices are going up again. Look at the results of the most recent PJM auction: As we can see, the proposed costs aren't getting any better without additional supply in the system. Let's look at the last 3 auctions: 2024: Record-setting prices at $269.92/MW-day 2025: Cleared at the cap of $329.17/MW-day, a 22% jump from the prior [...]

For years, Affordable Energy For New Jersey has talked relentlessly about the need for more energy supply to meet increasing demand. We did so even as this administration tried to put out an energy master plan that actually argued that demand would go down. So you can imagine our surprise after the latest PJM auction that will raise energy prices [...]

We talk regularly about how energy problems can lead to serious consequences. That's why last week, the Governor declared a state of emergency to help mitigate the impacts of problems at a propane distribution facility: This isn't some small issue. It has the potential to impact parts of 1/3 of the state as rural areas generally feel a greater impact. [...]

Before digging into the details of the long awaited Energy Master Plan, we decided to take a moment to focus on the "no regrets" slogan, which we aren't sure how they can say with a straight face. Really? How can you have no regrets? This is what one Assembly member had to say in an op ed: The state gave [...]

After more delays than we can count at this point, the administration released their long awaited Energy Master Plan on the way out the door, which led to this headline that summed things up: You may be asking yourself how can they stay the course with record high energy prices, demand rising, shortages of in state supply and more questions [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy said last week it will loan $1 billion to help finance the restart of a long-idle nuclear reactor in Pennsylvaniato help boost the growth of nuclear energy and meet rising demand: Talk about watching the parade go by and only being able to wave from the side of the road: Because of the proactive, pro-energy, pro-business [...]

After an election where energy took center stage, the policy the state pursues in the new administration will determine where we go next. Yet no matter which New Jersey energy distribution companies you ask they all agree about what we need: Take for example some of the information recently put out from PSE&G in an Op Ed about what the [...]

We maybe a broken record at this point, but more baseload energy like natural gas and nuclear are essential to helping to tackle our energy challenges. This news segment from WPEX in Pittsburgh talks about the new nuclear partnership that has been reached that will help not only build reactors, but also small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs. Now even [...]