The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has scheduled a stakeholder meeting for Tuesday, September 17, 2024, for the purpose of receiving comments and input regarding the Competitive Solicitation Incentive (CSI)...more
What You Need to Know-
•The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has established a permanent statewide Community Solar Energy Program to provide access to clean energy for a broader range of utility customers throughout the...more
What You Need to Know-
•The deadline to submit applications to earn solar renewable energy certificates under the BPU’s new CSI Program is March 31, 2023.
•The CSI Program, mandated by the New Jersey Solar Act of 2021, is...more
What You Need to Know
•The New Jersey BPU has created a narrow opportunity for granting conditional six-month extensions of time to complete certain mature solar projects registered in the Transition Incentive (TI)...more
What You Should Know
•The DEP has issued a new Compliance Advisory to provide clarity to New Jersey’s regulated community on the applicability of the Dirty Dirt Law-
•The deadlines for businesses that provide soil and...more
What You Should Know-
•The BPU has announced it will transition to a permanent Community Solar Program a year ahead of its originally intended three-year schedule
•The decision to expedite the move to a permanent...more
On September 10, 2021, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a Compliance Advisory announcing updated deadlines and filing requirements for “business concerns” that are engaged in soil and fill...more
On July 28, 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a decision and Order establishing a new long-term economic incentive program for solar electric energy generation projects to be constructed in New...more
On June 3, 2021, in a continuing effort to support the widespread installation of solar photovoltaic generating systems on commercial rooftops, the New Jersey Legislature passed a bill (A-3352/S-3504) requiring that newly...more
The New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020 (ERA), a seven-year, $14 billion package of incentive programs intended to encourage New Jersey job growth, property development and redevelopment, community partnerships, and...more
On May 7, 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a Staff Memo updating recommendations to its April 7, 2021 Straw Proposal, which sets forth the BPU Staff’s detailed proposal regarding the design and...more
The New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020 (ERA), a seven-year, $14 billion package of incentive programs intended to encourage New Jersey job growth, property development and redevelopment, community partnerships, and...more
On April 7, 2021 the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) released the BPU Staff’s long-awaited recommendation for the adoption of a solar generation economic incentive program to replace the state’s highly successful...more
The New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020 (ERA), a seven-year, $14 billion package of incentive programs intended to encourage New Jersey job growth, property development and redevelopment, community partnerships, and...more
On April 6, 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) announced that it received a record number of applications for the approval of community solar projects for Program Year 2 (PY2) of the New Jersey Community...more
On October 2, 2020, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (Board) announced the opening of the second year of the Community Solar Program (PY2) as well as various changes from Program Year 1 (PY1) of the program. The...more
On May 2, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 136 (EO 136) extending the timeframes required for persons involved in “soil and fill recycling services” to register and to submit A-901 license...more
On April 27, 2020, three days before the closure of the current solar renewable energy certificate (SREC) program, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (the Board) issued an order extending the deadline for SREC...more
On April 21, 2020, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued two Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Alerts providing guidance to DEP-regulated entities that may be experiencing compliance...more
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) published its final rule on April 6, 2020 approving Category One status for 600 of the 749 miles of New Jersey streams and lakes that it had originally proposed for...more
On April 6, 2020, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) determined that the current and highly successful Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) program will close on April 30, 2020 (BPU Order). ...more
Nearly a decade has passed since the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation (SCI) first reported on soil and fill providers circumventing New Jersey state laws restricting the use of recycled soil and fill materials. ...more
On March 27, 2020, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a Closure Order providing direction to participants in the Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) program related to the upcoming closure of the SREC...more
Effective January 21, 2020, New Jersey expanded its A-901 licensing law, originally enacted to keep organized crime out of the state’s solid waste business by requiring an A-901 license for businesses that collect, transport,...more