A Solar Landscape installation in New Jersey.
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) today approved Community Energy Plan Grants (CEPG) for 46 municipalities throughout New Jersey, totaling $820,000. In late 2021, the Board redesigned the program to incorporate a greater emphasis on equity and overburdened municipalities. The redesigned program also simplified the grant application process and reduces barriers to program utilization.
The CEPG program empowers local communities to create community energy plans that align with the State’s Energy Master Plan, the roadmap to reaching Governor Murphy’s goal of 100% clean energy by 2050. The program encourages communities to create localized community energy plans to combat climate change with a specific focus on equitable access, energy resilience, renewable energy and efficiency.
“Municipalities have tremendous authority…
New Jersey grants will help 46 communities make clean energy plans
