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NJ Senate panel advances bill requiring 80% renewable energy (80% renewable electricity by 2050)
http://www.northjersey.com/news/nj-senate-panel-advances-bill-requiring-80-renewable-energy-1.1519962[font face=Serif]February 29, 2016, 5:14 PM Last updated: Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 7:21 AM
[font size=5]NJ Senate panel advances bill requiring 80% renewable energy[/font]
By JOHN C. ENSSLIN
[font size=4]Eighty percent of all electricity sold in New Jersey would have to come from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power if a bill that cleared a Senate committee Monday becomes law.[/font]
[font size=3] The measure mandates that starting with 11 percent by 2017, the percentage of renewable energy increases 10 percent every five years until it reaches 80 percent, a schedule the bill’s sponsor Sen. Bob Smith called “pretty aggressive” but not when compared to what other states are doing.
“New Jersey needs to be a leader in renewable energy because we are so impacted by global climate,” Smith, D-Middlesex, said shortly after the Senate Environment and Energy Committee he chairs voted unanimously to refer the bill for a vote by the full Senate.
“The truth is that renewables are becoming cheaper and cheaper,” Smith added. “It’s good public policy. It’s good for the rate payers. It’s good for our health and it helps reduce global climate change.”
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[font size=5]NJ Senate panel advances bill requiring 80% renewable energy[/font]
By JOHN C. ENSSLIN
[font size=4]Eighty percent of all electricity sold in New Jersey would have to come from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power if a bill that cleared a Senate committee Monday becomes law.[/font]
[font size=3] The measure mandates that starting with 11 percent by 2017, the percentage of renewable energy increases 10 percent every five years until it reaches 80 percent, a schedule the bill’s sponsor Sen. Bob Smith called “pretty aggressive” but not when compared to what other states are doing.
“New Jersey needs to be a leader in renewable energy because we are so impacted by global climate,” Smith, D-Middlesex, said shortly after the Senate Environment and Energy Committee he chairs voted unanimously to refer the bill for a vote by the full Senate.
“The truth is that renewables are becoming cheaper and cheaper,” Smith added. “It’s good public policy. It’s good for the rate payers. It’s good for our health and it helps reduce global climate change.”
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