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This concurrent resolution encourages the Executive Branch and local government entities in New Jersey to use energy-environment-economic optimization modeling tools for making more informed energy policy decisions. The resolution recognizes the challenges facing the state, including rising energy prices, climate change, and the need for sustainable infrastructure, and emphasizes the importance of using comprehensive modeling tools to evaluate potential energy strategies. These tools would help policymakers analyze the long-term costs, benefits, and environmental impacts of different energy approaches across sectors like residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation. Specifically, the resolution supports modeling that can customize scenarios, incorporate greenhouse gas emission reductions, consider water availability for electricity generation, and account for economic costs. The resolution also highlights the potential of models developed by New Jersey's public universities to support local planning and help stakeholders understand technology and infrastructure deployment strategies. By encouraging the use of these integrated modeling tools, the state aims to stimulate economic growth while achieving environmental targets and managing constrained resources.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/SCR137