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Here is the PaPUC back in 2015 siding with utilities and memorializing an illegal arrangement (contrary to Act 129) that is a de facto ban on competitive residential demand response. The Governor has done nothing to remedy this, despite appointing 2 Cmrs and the chair!

For those who haven't followed this: This outfit went to the likes of box stores, & said "Hey, here's a shiny penny if you sell us 'energy efficiency credits', a concept we invented, but anyways they represent the intangible attributes of energy efficiency emergent from those lightbulbs you are selling" Box Store VP: "wtf are you talking about but, free money, ok??" Then the outfit turned around and sold that intangible credit as capacity (an intangible commodity!) in PJM.

Adding new generation is fine, but it will be twenty years before this policy makes any impact in NJ. Meanwhile, a BPU docket has been languishing SINCE 2022 (EO20110716) that would give VPPs access to energy data, reducing peak demand.

New Jersey is uniquely positioned to lead on nuclear energy. By ending a 50-year moratorium on new nuclear power and launching a Nuclear Task Force, I’m setting the stage for us to get it done.