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AENJ Email 10/17/22 – Hunk of Burning Wood
Energy Crisis Has Europe Turning Back The Energy Clock To Burning Wood Just how bad is Europe's energy crisis? They're going back to burning wood to stay warm: If you think this doesn't apply to New Jersey, note that like Europe 70% of our energy comes from Natural...
AENJ Email 10/10/22 – Hot Air
BPU Thinks NJ Can Be Powered By Hot Air New Jersey is falling behind its plans when it comes to wind. Despite all the scare tactics about the need to move away from traditional energy sources to wind and solar, the NJ BPU has done much more talking than they have done...
AENJ Email 10/3/22 – No Comment is not Good Enough
No Comment Isn't Going To Pay The Crushing Costs Of Boiler Replacements When asked recently about the looming costs for the mandated boiler replacement due to state environmental regulations in New Jersey Schools, Governor Murphy refused to speak up about the...
AENJ Email 9/26/22 – New Jersey’s Historic $1 Trillion Mistake
New Jersey Can Reduce Emissions And Not Bankrupt The State In The Process Did you know that the state of New Jersey cut CO2 emissions by 32% from 2005-2020, thanks in large part to natural gas being utilized as an energy source: According to the EIA report...
Affordable Energy for New Jersey Issues Peer Review Report of ‘Ratepayer Impact Study’
Review finds BPU’s Brattle report ignores every major cost-impact area imaginable (Trenton, NJ) – Affordable Energy for New Jersey (AENJ), the state’s leading independent grassroots coalition that advocates for actionable, fact-driven energy policy released an...
Affordable Energy for New Jersey Marks Two Years of the Energy Master Plan – Without a Cost Estimate
Today, on the two-year anniversary of the release of the New Jersey Energy Master Plan (EMP), Affordable Energy for New Jersey is shedding light on another milestone – two years the Murphy administration has failed to release how much the EMP will cost New Jersey...
Proceed With Caution
In the wake of the devastation from hurricanes Henri and Ida in just the last two weeks, there continues to be commentary on what steps we need to take next. During (what is becoming regular) extreme weather events, residents need to understand that we are...
NJ Residents Reject Cost of Energy Master Plan
Affordable Energy for New Jersey (AENJ), the state’s leading energy policy coalition, has published a long-awaited report detailing the anticipated costs for the implementation of the state’s Energy Master Plan (EMP), and the price is shocking. This detailed analysis...
We Need Affordable, Resilient Energy from Proven Technologies
The Biden administration is discussing significant and much-needed investments in our transportation, water, and energy infrastructure. It’s about time. The American Society of Civil Engineer’s “2021 Infrastructure Report Card” gives our nation’s energy infrastructure...
New Jersey’s Energy Policy Must Emphasize Reliability, Diversity, and Affordability
We Must Learn the Right Lessons from Texas’ Energy Crisis Special interests on both sides have tried to frame the recent Texas energy crisis to further their own political views. Even as Texans continue to suffer without power, advocates are trying to score points –...
The Bill Has Come Due: Murphy Administration Goes Back To The Energy Drawing Board
It’s time to admit the Murphy Energy plan is not feasible, will not result in reliable energy and will cost too much Responding to recent reports that the state of New Jersey continues to hide the true impact and total financial burden for energy costs of the Murphy...
Op-Ed: NJ needs to rethink Energy Master Plan, prioritize affordable energy
While we were all quarantining at home and keeping our families safe, the state of New Jersey continued to move forward with one of the most impactful policy shifts in state history, implementation of the Energy Master Plan. Even if well-intentioned at the time of its...
New Report Shows NJ Energy Plan Will Cost Taxpayers Billions Per Year
Affordable Energy for New Jersey and Dr. Jonathan Lesser Release Report Findings Today, Affordable Energy for New Jersey (AENJ), along with well-known energy expert Dr. Jonathan Lesser, the president of Continental Economics, Inc., released a new report that shows a...
Look before you leap on Electric Vehicles
There is an old saying to look before you leap because you may not like where you land. That concept has never been more appropriate than when examining and discussing the idea of moving forward and converting toward electric Vehicles. While the idea may make people...
Op-Ed: N.J. needs to tackle energy costs, now more than ever
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it may seem as if other important issues have faded from the public eye. In reality, the pandemic means that we must redouble our focus on the day-to-day issues facing New Jersey’s residents, or else face skyrocketing costs at a time...
Op-Ed: Locating solar arrays on farmland or other open acreage is a bad idea
In 2012 I wrote two opinion articles on solar projects and farmland. Following those articles I was asked to testify in a number of cases where residents were trying to fight the siting of solar projects on farmlands. In some cases we were successful, but in others we...
Is your electric bill sky-high? 7 On Your Side has tips to offset costs
Did you suffer sticker shock at your last electric bill? It's not just the air conditioning, but with so many people working from home, you're also cooking more, running the dishwasher and doing laundry. The last power bill was a shocker for Cristina Gordon, who is...
Coronavirus Shutdowns Shift Energy Costs to Individuals
Beginning in March, when businesses across the country snapped off the lights and sent employees home to curb the spread of Covid-19, overall electricity consumption declined. But household energy use surged, with some New York City apartments consuming, on average,...
New Data Suggest COVID-19 Is Shifting the Burden of Energy Costs to Households
The global reach of COVID-19 is impacting almost everybody, and New York City is squarely at the epicenter. The metropolis is largely shut down, and while some have left the city, most residents remain, sheltering in place under a statewide order that went into effect...
Statement from AENJ Executive Director, Ron Morano, on NJTransit/FTA Record of Decision on NJTransit Resiliency Power Plant
(Ewing, NJ)- Ron Morano, Executive Director of Affordable Energy for New Jersey, released the following statement about yesterday's “Combined Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision” from New Jersey Transit and the Federal Transportation Authority...
A Message from Affordable Energy for New Jersey Executive Director Ron Morano
Dear Friends, I hope you all are safe and healthy during this unprecedented time. Together, we can and will beat the COVID-19 pandemic, because as a state, we’re unified in this fight. We will continue our sheltering at home and social distancing until we beat this...