New Jersey

50% by 2030 | 80% by 2050

Relative to 2006 levels

80x50 Report

The 1990-2021 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory was published in March 2024.

Governor's Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy

"Overburdened communities" are census block groups where at least 35% of households are low-income, 40% have limited English proficiency, or 40% of residents are minorities or members of a State recognized tribal community.

Environmental Justice Mapping, Assessment and Protection Tool (EJMAP)

NJ Overburdened Communities

NJDEP – Office of Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice Interagency Council (EJIC)

Environmental Justice Advisory Council

Requires that, when proposing to locate certain pollution-generating facilities in an overburdened community, an applicant must prepare an EJ impact statement and engage directly with members of their proposed host community by hosting a public hearing; permit applicants must avoid and minimize such stressors, including through the use of added pollution control technology.

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) covers the electricity sector.

50% renewable energy by 2030 | 100% clean electricity by 2035

2019 New Jersey Energy Master Plan: Pathway to 2050

The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled.

New Jersey has an active community choice aggregation program.

600 megawatts (MW) of energy storage by 2021 and 2,000 MW by 2030

New Jersey received a D grade from Freeing the Grid.

The statewide energy code for residential construction is 2021 IECC.

The statewide energy code for commercial building construction is ASHRAE 90.1-2019.

The Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards apply to 20 products.

Electric utilities are required to achieve energy savings equivalent to 1.31% in 2024, 1.66% in 2025, 2% in 2026, and 2% in 2027.

Gas utilities are required to achieve energy savings equivalent to 0.61% in 2024, 0.68% in 2025, 0.75% in 2026, and 0.75% in 2027.

New Jersey has enacted commercial PACE-enabling legislation and is developing programs.

The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled.

New Jersey LEV Program

Model Year (MY) 2027: 43% of new passenger vehicle sales are ZEVs | MY 2030: 68% of new sales are ZEVs | MY 2035: 100% of new sales are ZEVs, with up to 20% being hybrid or hydrogen-powered vehicles.

The Charge Up New Jersey program offers rebates up to $4,000 for new battery EVs.

By 2035: 55% of Class 2b-3 truck sales are zero-emissions | 75% of Class 4-8 straight truck sales are zero-emissions | 40% of Class 7-8 tractor sales are zero-emissions.

25% of state-owned non-emergency light duty vehicles are plug-in EVs by 2025 | 100% are plug-in EVs by 2035

10% of new bus purchases by NJ Transit are zero-emission by 2024 | 50% by 2026 | 100% by 2032

Requires at least 15% of off-street parking spaces be EV charger-ready ("Make-Ready") in multi-family buildings with 5+ dwellings; within 3 years of the certificate of occupancy, one-third of Make-Ready spaces must have EV supply equipment (EVSE) installed, followed by another one-third within the next 3 years, after which the remaining one-third must have EVSE installed.

Charge Up New Jersey offers rebates of $250 for the purchase and installation of an in-home Level 2 EV charger.

It Pay$ to Plug In provides grants for the purchase and maintenance of EV charging stations, up to $750 for Level 1 chargers and $4,000 for Level 2 chargers.

2019 Energy Master Plan Strategies and Goals

The state prohibits the sale, lease, rent, or installation of certain equipment or products containing HFCs or other greenhouses gases in the state of New Jersey and requiring manufacturers to disclose HFCs and substitutes in their products.

Food waste ban – The state requires commercial waste generators to recycle organic materials at authorized food waste recycling facilities, provided they generate at least 52 tons of food waste per year and are within 25 miles of a permitted recycling facility.