Bill > S217

Introduced Session

This bill revises the provisions of the "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act," P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51 et al.) to include fusion within the definition of Class I renewable energy. Although electricity generation from nuclear fusion has not yet been achieved, experts predict that fusion reactors will not produce air pollutants or carbon dioxide. In addition, fusion reactors will cause radioactivity that is of lesser magnitude and shorter duration than that produced by nuclear fission reactors. New Jersey is home to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), one of the foremost centers for fusion energy research in the world.

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Joe Pennacchio (R)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee (on 01/11/2022)

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