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About New Jersey's Clean Energy Program
New Jersey's Clean Energy Program (NJCEP) promotes increased energy efficiency and the use of clean, renewable sources of energy including solar, wind, geothermal, and sustainable biomass. The results for New Jersey are a stronger economy, less pollution, lower costs, and reduced demand for electricity. NJCEP offers incentives, programs, and services for residential, commercial, and municipal customers. The state's electric and gas utilities also offer programs.
About the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU)
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) is a regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate, and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey. Accordingly, the NJBPU regulates critical services such as natural gas, electricity, water, and telecommunications and cable television. The Board addresses issues of consumer protection, energy reform, deregulation of energy and telecommunications services, and the restructuring of utility rates to encourage energy conservation and competitive pricing in the industry. The Board also has responsibility for monitoring utility service and responding to consumer complaints.
Established in 1911, the NJBPU was originally called the Department of Public Utilities. Its purpose was to provide essential services to New Jersey, which at the time included railroads and interstate commerce, as well as utility services. It independently addressed consumer complaints, performed audits, initiated investigations, approved rates and instituted fees, as well as appraised and valued the property of utilities. Throughout time and periodic reorganizations, the Department of Public Utilities became the Board of Public Utilities and moved from the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy to the Department of Treasury in 1994.
Traditional energy methods are still vital to New Jersey; however the state’s focus has changed to incorporate more green energy production. In 1999, The Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act (EDECA) was passed which established the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requirements and the Societal Benefits Charge (SBC).
In March 2001, the BPU approved a $358 million spending plan for new energy efficiency and renewable energy programs over a three-year period. By the end of 2002, a report previously known as the Comprehensive Resource Analysis, was officially renamed the “Clean Energy Program.”
Today, New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program(NJCEP) is one of the strongest in the nation. It is a national leader in solar installations, carbon emissions reduction, and programs that benefit all New Jersey residents, helping them to reduce energy usage and save money.
For more information on the BPU, please go to the BPU's website.
Clean Energy Board Orders can be found through the document search tool on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities' website: