Bill Text: NJ A4128 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits BPU to approve qualified wind energy project; requires BPU to provide application periods for those projects.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-17 - Substituted by S2711 (1R) [A4128 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4128-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4128

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 2015

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  VINCENT MAZZEO

District 2 (Atlantic)

Assemblyman  WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  L. GRACE SPENCER

District 29 (Essex)

Assemblyman  TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman  JOHN F. MCKEON

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

Assemblyman  JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Eustace, Benson, Johnson and Wimberly

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits BPU to approve qualified wind energy projects; requires BPU to provide application periods for those projects.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee on November 9, 2015, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning offshore wind energy projects and amending P.L.2010, c.57.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 4 of P.L.2010, c.57 (C.48:3-87.2) is amended to read as follows:

     4.    ¹a.¹  The board [may] ¹[shall] may¹ approve, subject to the project obtaining the necessary permits, approvals, and authorizations from the Department of Environmental Protection, a qualified wind energy project located in territorial waters offshore of a municipality in which casino gaming is authorized, and authorize offshore wind renewable energy certificates for that project.  ¹[Any such] The¹ project shall be ¹at least¹ a nominal 20 megawatts and no more than 25 megawatts in nameplate capacity and comply with the requirements set forth in section 3 of P.L.2010, c.57 (C.48:3-87.1) ¹[, except that the entity seeking to construct the project shall not be required to prepare and submit a cost-benefit analysis for the project pursuant to paragraph (10) of subsection a. of  section 3 of P.L.2010, c.57 (C.48:3-87.1) and the provisions of subparagraph (b) of paragraph (1) of subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2010, c.57 (C.48:3-87.1) shall not apply to the project]¹.

     ¹b. Within 60 days following the date of enactment of P.L.    , c.   (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the board shall provide a 30-day period for the submission of applications under this section.  Following the conclusion of the 30-day application period, the board shall from time to time provide a period for the submission of applications under this subsection that may differ in length from the 30-day application period provided in this subsection.¹ 

(cf:  P.L.2010, c.57, s.4)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.