Support building electrification for cleaner, healthier, more affordable energy

A new report issued by Acadia Center confirms that electrifying the heating of homes and businesses is beneficial to New Jerseyans, making acadia report buildings healthier and safer while reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the state. New Jersey is falling behind other states in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and helping consumers save money by switching to energy-saving electric appliances.

Delaying the transition to efficient electric heating systems provides a windfall to fossil fuel interests while unsuspecting New Jersey consumers pay the price. The benefits of a faster transition are overwhelming: making buildings healthier and safer for all New Jerseyans while reducing energy bills and harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Get the facts to New Jersey lawmakers!

Send a letter to your legislators urging them to review the report and make building electrification a priority in New Jersey.

Acadia Report - Building Electrification

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The Letter

Acadia Center recently released a report confirming that electrifying the building sector is beneficial to New Jerseyans, making buildings healthier and safer while reducing energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions in the state.

The building sector is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in New Jersey, and air pollution from burning fossil fuels to heat buildings is responsible for over 250 premature deaths annually.

As aging gas- and oil-fueled furnaces, boilers, and water heaters near their end of life, consumers will choose more efficient, increasingly affordable electric alternatives, if state policies appropriately support them. State policies are needed to make the many benefits of heat pumps available to all consumers, especially in overburdened and underserved communities and communities of color.

The report found that the average NJ home will see lower energy bills by switching from fossil gas to electric heating systems.

We cannot afford to delay the transition to efficient electric appliances. Without effective, pro-consumer policies, New Jersey lags in achieving its goals for switching buildings away from polluting fossil fuels such as natural gas.

Building electrification is necessary to address climate change and achieve significant emission reductions by 2030 and beyond. I urge you to review the Acadia Center’s report (https://acadiacenter.org/resource/the-future-is-electric/) and make building electrification a priority in New Jersey.

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