Bill Text: NJ S2711 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Permits BPU to approve qualified wind energy project; requires BPU to provide application periods for those projects.*
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-01-19 - Pocket Veto - Bills not Acted on by Governor-end of Session [S2711 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2711-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator BOB SMITH
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Senator JIM WHELAN
District 2 (Atlantic)
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, 2014, 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.
