At a special meeting held in Trenton on July 28, 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approved the following incentives under its New Jersey Solar Successor Incentive Program, or “SUSI.” These incentives will take effect in 30 days, at which time the Transition Incentive Program will close to new applications.» Read more

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

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey trial and appellate courts issued several key environmental law decisions in 2020. Recently, my colleagues, Martha Donovan and Margaret Raymond-Flood, and I have had the opportunity to present a seminar, entitled “Navigating the Recent Developments in Environmental Law and Coverage Affecting NJ Practitioners,” for the New Jersey State Bar Association, where my task was to review Appellate and Law Division decisions affecting New Jersey environmental attorneys.» Read more