New Jerseyans Support the Integrated Energy Plan Findings

Make Your Voice Heard: Tell NJBPU that New Jerseyans support the clean energy plan

With your help, New Jersey can meet its common-sense clean energy goals.

The 2019 Draft Energy Master Plan (EMP) released by the Murphy Administration earlier this year provides an initial blueprint for total conversion of New Jersey’s energy sources to 100% clean energy by 2050. In preparation for the final Energy Master Plan, slated to release by the end of the year, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, in collaboration with Rocky Mountain Institute, released a plan that models future energy scenarios and identifies the most strategic and least-cost ways to achieve New Jersey’s clean energy goals.

The Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) plan specifies a combination of clean energy resources and technologies — such as solar, wind and storage — that meet the state’s emission-reduction goals by 2050.

Among the key findings:

New Jersey can meet the Global Warming Response Act (GWRA) targets and 100% clean energy goal with existing technologies and maintain a reliable grid.
Costs to meet New Jersey emissions targets are small compared to total energy system spending and offset by billions in annual net economic clean air benefits.
Natural gas demand will fall 75% economy wide, and fossil gas will be phased out of electric generation by 2050.

A summary of findings were presented during a webinar on November 1, which you can view here.

As New Jersey residents continue to demand a clean energy future, this plan demonstrates how it can be done at very low cost to consumers and while maintaining a reliable grid.

Send a letter to NJBPU today — telling them that you support the findings of the IEP.

Complete the form below to submit your letter.*

BPU IEP Nov. 2019 Letter

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The Letter

Dear NJBPU,

Thank you for continuing to advance and improve New Jersey’s vision of 100% clean energy by 2050. I welcome the findings of the recently released Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) and urge you to incorporate these results in the final Energy Master Plan.

The IEP identifies reliable and low-cost pathways to eliminate today’s carbon emissions and meet the Global Warming Response Act and 100% clean energy targets. It is clear, given the key findings of the IEP, that New Jersey’s clean energy goals can be achieved at a low-cost.

The findings also make clear that the consumption of gas in New Jersey can fall by 75% across all sectors of the economy while keeping the lights on, improving public health, and generating billions in net benefits.

The IEP provides a strong foundation for the final Energy Master Plan, and will guide the development of near-term policies to put us on a path to success. Periodic updates to this planning will keep us on an evolving low-cost, reliable path despite an unpredictable future.

I support the results of the IEP and I urge NJBPU to make sure they are reflected in the final Energy Master Plan.

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