On July 9, 2021, Governor Murphy signed Assembly Bill A4554, which directs the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to establish within one year a long-term successor solar renewable energy certificate program to replace New Jersey’s existing Transition Incentive Program, also known as the TREC program.» Read more

On June 24, 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) entered an order granting a blanket six-month extension to complete projects in the pipeline of New Jersey’s Solar Transition Incentive Program (TI Program), also known as the TREC program.» Read more

On April 7, 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) published the New Jersey Solar Successor Program Straw Proposal, which outlined recommendations for a long-term replacement for the 2019 Transition Incentive Program. The Straw Proposal launched a stakeholder process for a permanent solar energy project for the state, the duration of which was scheduled to last little more than a month.» Read more

Last week, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a New Jersey Solar Successor Program Straw Proposal. The proposal outlines recommendations for a long-term replacement program for New Jersey’s existing Transition Incentive Program for solar projects in the state, which has been in place since 2019 and begins the stakeholder process for a permanent Community Solar Energy Program.» Read more

Perhaps a common tendency is to think that an environmental problem is most likely to arise in the course of manufacturing.  But given the substantial volume of environmental laws that have been enacted over the last several decades, potential for an environmental problem to surface at other places, such as hospitals, doctors’ offices,  shopping complexes, and residential dwellings, may be greater than ever.  » Read more

Many businesses, including manufacturing facilities, hospitals and other health care providers, wastewater treatment facilities, and service providers, among others, regardless of size, spend considerable resources to ensure that key aspects of their operations are in proper order.  The focus is typically on maintenance of proper books and records, periodic auditing of financial and tax records, and compliance with occupational health and safety laws and employment and labor laws. » Read more