What New Jersey's New Greenhouse Goal Means for Solar Installation Leads

What New Jersey's New Greenhouse Goal Means for Solar Installation Leads

The state of New Jersey is getting ready to make big strides toward cleaner energy. Back in November, Governor Phil Murphy signed a new executive order filled with directives to support the goal of attaining an 80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Murphy’s order has set a preliminary goal to be accomplished in the meantime: by 2030, the state should achieve a 50% reduction below levels recorded in 2006. Setting this new benchmark will help get things on track for the ultimate objective, establishing enough progress for the remaining 20 years to unfold smoothly.

What’s to Come Executive order 274 calls for the various departments and agencies of the executive branch to cooperate and develop plans for meeting the 2030 goal. To kick off progress, Murphy also announced two major investments that would have a direct impact on mitigating emissions. These include: ● $13.7 million toward purchasing electric buses and trucks for small businesses, to reduce emissions and improve air quality in the worst-suffering communities ● $20 million toward the expansion of the New Jersey ZeroEmission Incentive Program (NJZIP) into greater Jersey Shore, another program that is increasing the adoption of commercial electric vehicles

Both of these investments are addressing the urgent need to curb emissions from the transportation sector - currently the largest contributor to overall greenhouse emissions in New Jersey.

The investment funding for both of these initiatives was generated by proceeds from New Jersey’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a program that imposes a regional limit on CO2 emissions and requires dirty power plants with >25MW capacities to purchase allowances for each annual ton of CO2 emissions they generate. With ongoing participation in the RGGI, New Jersey will likely see further sources of funding for additional endeavors.

Can New Jersey’s Contractors Expect More Solar Installation Leads?

While there is still planning to be done, we can expect the state to debut more emission reduction programs and continue their efforts to install clean energy infrastructure. Given that New Jersey has already rolled out many solar installations throughout the state, it is reasonable to expect that more solar incentives and projects will be coming soon.

Second only to the transportation sector’s emissions are those from electricity production, accounting for about 20% of the total.

Squashing such a large source of emissions will require continued investment in conversions to solar.

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