Smart meters and advanced metering can help consumers tame energy use and make utilities far more responsive to brownouts and outages

PSE&G’s Highland Park project is seen as exemplar of how New Jersey will move to clean energy, as envisaged by Murphy administration

After Sandy, New Jersey addressed climate change but has only recently looked beyond it, making ability to bounce back after extreme weather equally important

Measure aligns with state policies to steer new developments to areas with existing infrastructure

Known as limited decoupling, the scheme would ensure utilities are made whole for reduced retail sales resulting from successful energy efficiency initiatives

NJ environmentalists and state lawmakers criticize the planned cuts. Congress has rejected such reductions in recent years

Enviros’ hope of quick passage goes down the drain, bill reducing methane pollution now likely to be heard by both legislative houses

Environmental groups say Trump administration needs to prioritize smog problems brought on by upwind states

Local officials, utilities among those urging BPU to adopt the lighting, which is supposed to reduce energy costs, greenhouse gas emissions

Increases projected to be modest, after most recent power auction, but BPU does raise concerns about money utilities are pumping into transmission