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Requires submission of energy usage plan to BPU for proposed artificial intelligence data centers; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers to be derived from new clean energy sources.
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New Jersey's A 5564 (as introduced) would, once the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) finds that a majority of PJM-region states require it, require all electricity supplied to an AI data center to come from new verifiable Class I renewable energy, nuclear power, or both. Anyone applying for local approval of an AI data center would also have to submit an energy usage plan to the BPU, which would have to decide within 90 days; no AI data center could connect to the grid without approval. Introduced April 10, 2025 and referred to the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee; it died when the 2024-2025 session ended.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died and did not become law. It would have required AI data center developers to submit BPU-approved energy usage plans and source clean electricity once the BPU made its finding.
Key provisions
- Triggered by a BPU finding, published in the New Jersey Register and on its website, that a majority of states in the PJM region have implemented equivalent electricity-sourcing requirements for AI data centers
- Upon that finding, all electricity supplied to an AI data center in the State would have to come from new verifiable Class I renewable energy, nuclear power plants, or both, with no net decrease of such energy supplied to the grid
- Upon that finding, a person applying for local development approval of an AI data center would have to submit an energy usage plan to the BPU at the same time
- The plan would have to include procedures to use clean sources, minimize cooling energy, optimize water usage, optimize ventilation and weatherproofing, and reuse the heat generated for water or space heating
- The BPU would have 90 days to approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove; if disapproved, the applicant would have 30 days to submit a revised plan
- No AI data center could connect to the transmission and distribution system without BPU approval of its plan
- The BPU would monitor other PJM states and keep a list of those with similar requirements; the bill would take effect immediately
- Status: introduced April 10, 2025 and referred to the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee; died when the 2024-2025 session ended
Latest legislative action
Apr 10, 2025. Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
Sponsors (showing 5 of 16)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Catalano, John | Primary |
| Danielsen, Joe D | Primary |
| Downey, Joann | Primary |
| McGuckin, Gregory P. | Primary |
| McKnight, Angela V. | Primary |
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