New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey S631: Energy storage systems, new-req. BPU develop program to incentivize installation
Status: In committee, June 8, 2026
Requires BPU to establish distributed energy storage incentive program.*
What the bill says
An Act concerning energy storage and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. 1. As used in P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill): Accredited capacity means the same as that term is defined in section 1 of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2). Board means the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency. Critical community facility means and includes, but is not limited to, any facility that has been formally identified by State or local offices of emergency management in a hazard mitigation plan or similar document as a critical community facilit.
From the committee substitute text, June 8, 2026:
An Act concerning energy storage and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes. 1. As used in P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill): Accredited capacity means the same as that term is defined in section 1 of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2). Board means the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency. Critical community facility means and includes, but is not limited to, any facility that has been formally identified by State or local offices of emergency management in a hazard mitigation plan or similar document as a critical community facility. Customer-sited energy storage system means energy storage that operates in parallel with an electric distribution system, is connected on the customer side of the meter, and is owned by the customer or another party that is not the electric public utility that provides electric power to the customer. Electric public utility means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51). Energy storage means the same as that term is defined pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2). Energy storage capacity means the measure of the energy capacity in kilowatt-hours or megawatt-hours of energy storage. Front-of-the-meter energy storage system means energy storage that is interconnected with the distribution system on the utility side of the meter. …