NJ Gov. Sherrill declares electricity emergency, orders rapid clean-power buildout
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New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill declared a statewide emergency over rising electricity costs, freezing rate increases and ordering a swift build-out of solar, battery storage, and other clean-energy resources, plus reforms to interconnection rules and a Nuclear Power Task Force, while directing agencies to fast-track energy projects to prevent brownouts as demand from data centers and PJM grid pressures push prices higher.
Topics:nationpolitics#electricity-costs#energy-policy#mikie-sherrill#new-jersey#politics#state-of-emergency
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