Lawmakers Want Fewer Delays Connecting Solar Systems to Power Grid

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Legislators agreed to speed up the process that enables developers to connect renewable energy projects to the regional power grid, an issue threatening to thwart New Jersey’s transition to clean energy.

On Thursday (6/9), the Senate Environment and Energy Committee approved a bill (S-431) by a 4 – 1 vote that is designed to fix a recurring problem affecting solar developers. So many circuits have shut down, particularly in South Jersey, that the grid can no longer accommodate new infusions of power.