Bill Text: NJ A3093 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits BPU to approve qualified wind energy project; requires BPU to provide application periods for those projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-14 - Substituted by S988 [A3093 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A3093-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Permits BPU to approve qualified wind energy projects; requires BPU to provide application periods for those projects.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
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. a. The board may 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. [Any such] The project shall be at least 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)
b. 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.
(cf: P.L.2010, c.57, s.4)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill permits the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (board) to approve a qualified wind energy project that is located in territorial waters offshore of a municipality in which casino gaming is authorized as provided in section 4 of P.L.2010, c.57 (C.48:3-87.2). The bill requires the board to provide a 30-day period for the submission of applications and, from time to time, provide a submission period that may differ from the 30-day application period.
