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Power NJ Act (A4881 / S4296, NJ)
A bill supporting the development of nuclear energy that cites data centers as the primary driver of increased energy consumption in the findings section and attracting / retaining data centers as a factor in required economic assessments.
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New Jersey Natural Gas Modernization Act (A4882, NJ)
Cites data centers as a driver of rapidly increasing demand in the findings section, in a bill supporting the upgrading and uprating of existing natural gas facilities.
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An Act concerning data center development and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. (A4945 / S4401, NJ)
Directs Board of Public Utilities conduct study on environmental, infrastructural, and financial impacts of data center development and report to Governor and legislature. Topics to include: energy and water usage, grid impacts, land usage, e-waste, public health, rates, energy efficiency, fossil fuel usage, renewable energy, and recommendations.
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An Act concerning the development of artificial intelligence data centers. (A4769, NJ)
Requires Board of Public Utilities, the Department of Community Affairs, and the Department of Environmental Protection to establish expedited approval and permitting procedures for artificial intelligence data centers powered by small modular nuclear reactors.
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An Act concerning water and energy usage at data centers and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. (A4696 / S2274, NJ)
Requires data centers to report water and energy usage and efficiency/sustainability details to Board of Public Utilities quarterly. Board to publish the information on its website.
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Clean Energy AI Incentivization Act (A4710, NJ)
Directs Board of Public Utilities to establish responsible infrastructure development standards for AI data centers, including supplying their own energy, transparency and community engagement, local jobs and community benefit agreements, backup energy storage. BPU to incentive construction of data centers that meet the standards, including through tax credits.
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Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers. (A3966 / S4400, NJ)
Requires study into water use impacts of large data centers and analysis of mitigation strategies. Empowers Department of Environmental Protection to demand information from data centers, water systems and other relevant entities for purposes of study.
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Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs. (A796 / S731, NJ)
Requires utilities to create tariffs for certain data centers to encourage efficiency and protect other customers from increased costs due to data centers and other large load customers, including stranded costs. Measures to include minimum payments for at least 10 years and requiring financial security to cover early reduction or cessation of service. Directs Board…
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An Act requiring the Board of Public Utilities to study advanced transmission technologies. (S2189 / A1551, NJ)
Cites data centers as one motivating factor in directing a study of the potential deployment of advanced transmission technologies (ATT) by electric public utilities.
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AN ACT concerning water and energy usage at data centers and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. (A4096 / S3379, NJ)
Requires data centers to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to Board of Public Utilities and to public website. Recipients of incentives must also include efficiency, renewable energy use, and waste heat data. After three years, board to determine if requirements expire or become permanent.
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