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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 S4143 (2024-2025 session) would have required electricity for new AI data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to come from new Class I renewable or newly built nuclear energy, and required an energy usage plan approved by the Board of Public Utilities, once the Board found that a majority of PJM states had adopted the same rule. It did not pass: introduced February 20, 2025, reported by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee March 17, 2025 and amended on the Senate floor June 2, 2025, with no later action before the session ended.
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What it means for business
None: the bill did not pass. It would have affected developers of new AI data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities in New Jersey.
Key provisions
- Would have required all electricity for AI data centers and crypto mining facilities not yet operational to be new verifiable Class I renewable or newly constructed nuclear energy, measured hourly
- Would have applied only after the Board of Public Utilities found that a majority of PJM-region states had adopted the same requirement
- Would have required anyone applying for local development approval to also submit an energy usage plan to the Board, covering cooling, water use, building ventilation and heat reuse
- Would have required the Board to decide within 90 days, with 30 days to revise a disapproved plan, and barred grid connection without approved plan
- Passed neither house: reported by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee March 17, 2025; Senate floor amendments June 2, 2025 (adding crypto mining facilities, limiting it to facilities not yet operational at the Board's finding, and requiring hourly matching and newly constructed nuclear) were its last action
Latest legislative action
Jun 2, 2025. Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)
Sponsors
| Name | Role | District |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Zwicker D | Sponsor | SD-016 |
| John McKeon D | Sponsor | SD-027 |
| Patrick Diegnan D | Sponsor | SD-018 |
| Robert Smith D | Sponsor | SD-017 |
| Shirley Turner D | Sponsor | SD-015 |
Roll call votes
S Senate Environment and Energy Committee: Reported Favorably Mar 17, 2025
3 yea2 nayPassed
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