What steps are being taken to restore and protect Barnegat Bay and other environmentally fragile areas along the New Jersey shore?
TOM JOHNSON
Tom Johnson covers energy and environmental issues for NJ Spotlight News. A co-founder of NJ Spotlight a decade ago, Johnson previously worked at the Star-Ledger for close to three decades.
Would require solar projects to be funded by long-term contracts to purchase SRECs rather than buying and selling them on the spot market -- potentially ...
A bill pending in the Assembly would create energy-efficiency surcharges to help curb NJ's ever-growing appetite for power.
A trio of decades-old contracts force customers to pay more for power than they would on the open market.
Legislation aims to add much-needed capacity, opponents argue it could actually drive power prices higher in the long term.
Proposed legislation would make it possible to alter regulations once they've been adopted, without starting the entire rulemaking procedure from the beginning.
Environmentalists say DEP decision will have ripple effect far beyond Oyster Creek nuclear plant.
Originally crafted for Barnegat Bay, newly ratified environmental legislation limits nitrogen and phosphorous runoff throughout the state.
Despite what some say are hundreds of millions in skipped surcharges, Newark utility and its affiliate are unlikely to be disciplined by the BPU.
NRG Energy moves into new territory with planned $21 million solar facility.
