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 [...]

FDU is out with a new poll looking at how voters feel in New Jersey about natural gas and believe us, they have an opinion. A strong majority of voters in the state support the construction of new natural gas plants, with 64 percent saying that they support it, and only 22 percent saying that the state should wait for [...]

We keep pointing out how our leaders are letting the clock tick and every day we aren't building more energy is a day we aren't taking steps to solve the problems we are facing. And when you don't deal with the problems you are facing, you force someone else to take action because it will ultimately impact them. We are [...]

With the focus in the Governor's race continuing to stay on energy, NJ Monitor last week had an extensive story offering some long overdue scrutiny of the Energy Policies of the administration. It included this eye opening comment from the former head of the Sierra Club about the bet on wind that went bankrupt: It was a gamble that people [...]

The New York Times was focusing on the upcoming election in New Jersey last week and the headline for their coverage said 22% Jump in Electricity Rates Dominates New Jersey Governor’s Race. While the headline is certainly jarring enough to get anyone's attention, it was this quote about how energy is impacting families and the reaction it is creating among [...]

This all could have been avoided. We could have continued reducing emissions while providing affordable, reliable energy. But our elected leaders decided to enact their own political agenda calling it policy while ignoring the facts and putting us in a situation where we are now importing 1/3 of our energy from other states. So now that we see rising demand [...]

There's been lots of talk about bad news when it comes to energy and rates, but this week actually brought some good news about emissions. Check out this chart that Axios put together to illustrate the progress that has been made in the last two decades reducing CO2 emissions around the country: Now obviously each state has taken their own [...]

We get it, our leaders would rather repeat their talking points than take a look at what is really going on. But at AENJ, we would be remiss if we just accepted the blame game as doing enough. We wanted to point out a few recent headlines that lay out the state of play when it comes to energy here, [...]

States around the country are looking for more energy. That's no secret. They see demand rising and are looking for options to meet the need. As New York searches for solutions, they are considering Nuclear, which gives us this news: And they're not alone. As the rubber now meets the road and it turns out that shutting down power plants [...]

Recent gubernatorial campaign proposals, that are being supported by members of the Legislature, regarding energy and freezing prices have raised legal, constitutional and affordability questions. You don't have to take our word for it. The Governor himself, whose policies have helped put us here, has questions: And a fmr. BPU Commissioner was much more direct making clear that it cannot [...]

The bills are coming due. Even though we are going into the fall and you have back to school bills already, you are going to keep paying even more for the energy mistakes NJ has made in the coming months. After seeing electric bills spike 20% at the beginnig of the summer, the BPU decided to defer the pain (not [...]

With the continued talk of rising energy prices, it is important to look at the role that mandate and bans are playing and how they will continue to make the problem worse. Specificlly in this email we will focus on gas car ban that is coming. Since there is no new EMP update, we are left to go off of [...]

It was another week in New Jersey where leaders and elected officials continued to try to play the blame game instead of doing their job by taking any actions to help the people who are getting hit with higher energy bills. Since there is alot of rewriting history and misinformation out there, we decided to go back and do some [...]

Look, we get it. No one likes to see energy prices increase. That's why we've been trying to get the attention of policy makers for years, because these are big problems that have been created through policy choices that the state has made. Unfortunately, we continue to see an absence of leadership from those in power who with the ability [...]