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New Jersey

In session through Dec 31
How the New Jersey legislature works
Democratic trifecta

Convenes every year on a two-year session (2024–2025).

Senate · 40 seatsDemocratic
Assembly · 80 seatsDemocratic
GovernorDemocratic
State legislator voting records →New Jersey Legislature ↗
2026 session
43
Bills & resolutions
43
Active
0
Signed / enacted
All time
126
Tracked total
1
Became law
2
Operating plants

Energy profile (2025)

Energy mix
63,992GWh generated in state
Energy storage
Battery 100 GWh
Pumped 622 GWh
Discharged to the grid.
Consumes ~79,312 GWh · net importer — 24% of electricity used comes from out of state. Chart shows in-state generation, not the consumption mix.
Market structure
Restructured / deregulated
PJM
3,457 MW nuclear capacity
22.63¢
Residential/kWh
▲ 31%
16.63¢
Commercial/kWh
▲ 24%
13.90¢
Industrial/kWh
▲ 61%
▲/▼ vs US average (2025)

Operating reactors

PSEG Salem Generating Station
PSEG Nuclear, LLC
2
reactors
2,340
MW
PWR · online 1977
PSEG Hope Creek Generating Station
PSEG Nuclear, LLC
1
reactor
1,291
MW
BWR · online 1986

New Jersey legislation

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Regulatory & executive actions

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities · QO25040202 · —
Request for Information on Prospective New Nuclear Electricity Generation in New Jersey
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities · ER20080557 · —
Executive Order Executive Order 315 · Philip D. Murphy · Feb 15, 2023