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This bill establishes a Nuclear Power Advisory Commission (commission), charged with conducting a study and preparing a report on the role that nuclear energy power plants, including small-scale nuclear energy power plants, should play in the State's energy future. The commission would consist of seven members, as follows: (1) the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee, ex officio; (2) the President of the Board of Public Utilities, or the president's designee, ex officio; (3) the President of the New Jersey Utilities Association, or the president's designee, ex officio; and (4) four members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate as follows: (a) one member representing the State's nuclear power plants; (b) two members from the State's academic community with expertise, knowledge, or experience with energy policy issues; and (c) one member from Statewide environmental organizations with expertise, knowledge, or experience in energy policy issues. In carrying out its responsibilities, the commission would consider: (1) the role nuclear energy generation plays in the State's energy portfolio, including the value of nuclear energy generation as a reliable, zero-emission source of energy and the value of nuclear energy generation in meeting the goals of the "Global Warming Response Act," P.L.2007, c.112 (C.26:2C-37 et seq.), including the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050; (2) the impact the closure of existing, licensed, and operating nuclear energy power plants within and outside the State would have on the reliability of the energy grid, the State's air quality, and the price of electricity; (3) emerging technologies in reactor designs and the viability of small-scale nuclear energy power plants; and (4) actions by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other states concerning nuclear energy generation. The commission would expire 30 days after the submittal of the report required by the bill.

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Joe Pennacchio (R)*,  Bob Smith (D)*,  Patrick Diegnan (D), 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee (on 02/10/2022)

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