![]() ![]() Supporters of the bill say the state is currently on track to have 75 percent of its annual energy usage be carbon free by 2025, and 84 percent by 2035. The 100 percent target isn’t as elusive as it might sound. ![]() Phil Murphy has already set the same targets as the bill, but his executive orders lack the teeth a law would provide. The bill’s sponsor, Chair Bob Smith, had wanted to get the bill done earlier this year, but electoral politics helped push voting off into the lame duck session, which begins Monday. A draft of amendments has been circulating since last week, but others are expected at some point. The Senate Environment and Energy is expected to take the bill up at 10 a.m. The bill, S2978, would put the state on the path to get 100 percent of its electricity from zero carbon sources by 2035 - the most aggressive clean energy goal of any large state. NJ LAWMAKERS LOOK AT 100 PERCENT - A key New Jersey Senate committee is set to take up nation-leading clean energy legislation Monday, giving Democrats a chance to flex their muscle after Republican attacks on the state’s climate change plans failed to persuade voters. We’ll take a look at the week ahead and look back on what you may have missed last week. Good morning and welcome to the weekly Monday edition of the New York & New Jersey Energy newsletter. PROGRAMMING NOTE: We’ll be off for Thanksgiving this Thursday and Friday but back to our normal schedule on Monday, Nov. ![]()
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