New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A3980: Grid modernization plans-req electric public utilities develop & implement
Status: In committee, June 4, 2026
"Powering Up New Jersey Act"; establishes requirements for certain public utility infrastructure investments.*
What the bill says
An Act concerning certain public utility infrastructure investments and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Powering Up New Jersey Act. 2. a. As used in this section: Board means the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities or a successor agency. Customer-generator facility means a customer-generator facility, as that term is defined pursuant to N.J.A.C.14:8-5.1 or it successor, that is eligible for a level 1 interconnection review by an electric public utility pursuant to N.J.A.C.14:8-5.4 or its successor or a level 2 interconne.
From the committee substitute text, June 4, 2026:
An Act concerning certain public utility infrastructure investments and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Powering Up New Jersey Act. 2. a. As used in this section: Board means the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities or a successor agency. Customer-generator facility means a customer-generator facility, as that term is defined pursuant to N.J.A.C.14:8-5.1 or it successor, that is eligible for a level 1 interconnection review by an electric public utility pursuant to N.J.A.C.14:8-5.4 or its successor or a level 2 interconnection review by an electric public utility pursuant to N.J.A.C.14:8-5.5 or its successor. Distributed energy resource means distributed generation, energy storage systems, electric vehicles, microgrids, fuel cells and demand-side management measures, including energy efficiency, demand response, and demand flexibility, that are deployed at the distribution level on either the customer or utility side of the meter. Electric public utility means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51). Energization or energize means connecting new customers to the electric distribution system, establishing adequate load capacity to provide electric public utility service to a new customer, or upgrading electric capacity to provide electric public utility service to an existing customer. Energization or energize does not include activities relating to the interconnection of …