NJ Energy Master Plan

In 1977, New Jersey enacted a law requiring a regularly updated Energy Master Plan (EMP) that sets forth a strategic vision for the production, distribution, consumption and conservation of energy. The State’s energy policy reflects the full scope of NJ’s current energy sector, as well as its future.  The law requires the EMP to include not only long-term objectives, but also interim measures that are consistent with and necessary to achieving those objectives.

In 2018, Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 28 directing the NJ Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to develop an EMP to serve as the State’s blueprint to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2050. Released in January 2020, the 2019 EMP established a set of goals to put NJ on a pathway to achieve the State’s clean energy goals and expanded upon previous EMPs to account for the complete energy system in the State, including electricity generation, transportation and usage in commercial buildings. It also incorporates mandates from the Clean Energy Act of 2018, the Zero Emission Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding, and the Global Warming Response Act of 2009 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050, relative to 2006 levels.

In 2024, the EMP was updated to serve as a whole-of-government progress report on the goals in the 2019 version and an overview of the State’s progress on seven strategies:

1. 1. reducing energy consumption and emissions from the transportation sector;

   2. accelerating deployment of renewable energy and distributed energy resources;

   3. maximizing energy efficiency and conservation, and reducing peak demand;

   4. reducing energy consumption and emissions from the building sector;

   5. decarbonizing and modernizing NJ’s energy system;

   6. supporting community energy planning and action in underserved communities; and

   7. expanding the clean energy innovation economy.

More information on NJ Energy Master Plan can be found HERE