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NJ Free Presentation
Skylands Group
Presents: NJ FREE Presentation
Date: Tuesday November
12th
Find out what's happening in Hopatcong-Spartawith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Hopatcong-Spartawith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Location: Unitarian
Fellowship Hall, 1 West Nelson Street, Newton.
NJ FREE, is a renewable energy policy plan for New
Jersey. A broad‐based coalition of organizations and individuals is
committed to the transition of New Jersey’s energy economy from a fossil fuel‐based system to one
based on renewable energy. NJ FREE believes New Jersey has arrived
at a time of decision for its energy future. A number of the state's aging
coal‐fired power plants are at high risk of retirement due to their
inability to meet clean air requirements. Furthermore, the Oyster
Creek nuclear power plant is slated to retire in 2019. There
will be a need to develop policy decisions regarding what sources of energy
will make up new electric generation capacity.
Since Superstorm Sandy, there is a new perception that the cost
of global warming, rather than being something that will impact the
distant future, is already costing residents of New Jersey
dearly. The storm also highlighted the fragility of the state's
electric grid. Renewable energy offers a highly distributed, onsite,
uninterruptible source of energy.
NJ FREE believes New Jersey is poised to benefit economically
from a renewable energy transition. New Jersey already has a
substantial solar industry infrastructure with thousands of skilled workers and
professionals ready to deploy. It also has an excellent offshore
wind energy resource base.
