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Requires energy usage plan for proposed artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to be derived from new clean energy sources.
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New Jersey's S680 would require new AI data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to submit an energy usage plan to the Board of Public Utilities and to source all hourly electricity from new Class I renewable energy or newly built nuclear plants. These duties would start once the Board finds that a majority of PJM states have adopted similar requirements. This describes the bill as introduced (pre-filed text); later committee amendments, if any, are not reflected.
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What it means for business
Developers of new AI data centers and crypto mining facilities would need a Board-approved energy usage plan and clean-energy supply once the PJM majority trigger is met.
Key provisions
- Sec. 3a: After the Board's Sec. 4(b) finding, all hourly electricity supplied to covered facilities must come from new verifiable Class I renewable energy, newly built nuclear plants, or both, with no net decrease in such energy to the grid.
- Sec. 3b: Applicants must submit an energy usage plan with their local development application covering clean sourcing, cooling and ventilation efficiency, water use, weatherproofing and reuse of computer heat.
- Sec. 3c-d: The Board has 90 days to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove a plan; a facility may not connect to the grid without approval.
- Sec. 2: Covered facilities are AI data centers and large-scale cryptocurrency mining facilities not yet operational when the Board makes its finding.
- Sec. 4: The Board must monitor PJM states' laws and publish its finding within 30 days once a majority have such requirements.
- The text states no penalties; Sec. 5: takes effect immediately.
Latest legislative action
Mar 16, 2026. Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Sponsors (showing 5 of 10)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| McKeon, John F. | Primary |
| Smith, Bob | Primary |
| Beach, James | Cosponsor |
| Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr. | Cosponsor |
| Greenstein, Linda R. | Cosponsor |
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