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STATE PROFILE / NJ

New Jersey

New Jersey signed separate-rate-class legislation in July and water-and-energy reporting requirements in August. The state also issued municipal community-benefit guidance.

In the historical record

energy agreement

Google backs nuclear plant uprates

Google announced an agreement with Constellation to finance additional generation from existing nuclear facilities supplying the PJM grid.

890 MWAdditional nuclear generation capacityplanned generation uprateConstellation uprates supported by Google agreementstatedGoogle ↗
Nuclear plants in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; PJM gridagreement announced
Sources and context

Target delivery is before the end of 2032. Plant locations do not establish data center locations. Generation capacity is not data center IT capacity.

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New Jersey signs data-center resource-use reporting requirements

Governor Sherrill signed S3379/A4096 requiring semiannual water and energy reports to the BPU. The same announcement described guidance for municipalities negotiating community benefits.

New Jerseysigned
Sources and context

The municipal guidance was sent on August 25; August 27 is the bill-signing and announcement date. Reporting implementation dates were not separately verified.

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New Jersey signs Data Center Fair Share legislation

Governor Mikie Sherrill signed S731/A796. The governor's summary describes a separate rate class, cost allocation for data-center infrastructure, and demand reductions during grid stress.

New Jerseysigned
Sources and context

Tariff implementation and actual customer costs require subsequent BPU records.