
Fuel Merchants Association, Propane Gas Association and New Jersey State Association of Pipe Trades Denounce Governor Murphy’s Outrageously Expensive Building Electrification Mandate
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Trenton NJ, Eric DeGesero, on behalf of the Fuel Merchants Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Propane Gas Association, and Mike Maloney on behalf of the New Jersey State Association of Pipe Trades, denounced Governor Murphy’s hypocrisy surrounding his outrageously expensive building electrification mandate — which is set to be approved by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on July 26th.
On Good Day New York last week, Governor Murphy stated he’s suing the MTA because “we believe the feds short-circuited the normal review process” when implementing the commuter tax. Murphy also said the plan gave him “sticker shock” and the price was “too prohibitive”.
“Governor Murphy complaining about a ‘short circuited process’ that will cost commuters $5,000 a year giving him ‘sticker shock’ is the height of hypocrisy,” said Eric DeGesero on behalf of the Fuel Merchants Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Propane Gas Association. “This is coming from a governor who is taking our gas stoves and furnaces — without following the constitutional process for enacting a law and which will cost homeowners tens of thousands of dollars and renters, businesses, and taxpayers millions.
“But then again, this is the kind of hypocrisy we’ve come to expect from a Governor who said, ’no one is coming for your gas stove’, while at the same time directing his BPU to issue an order to take away gas stoves and furnaces,” DeGesero continued.
“Whether it’s mandating electric cars or electrifying their homes, middle class New Jersey families cannot afford these extreme policies,” said Mike Maloney, on behalf of the New Jersey State Association of Pipe Trades. “The Legislature needs to step in and stop this expensive mandate that will burden every New Jersey homeowner, business, and renter.”
The BPU is fast-tracked to consider the Governor’s mandated electrification policy on Wednesday, July 26th, even though the director of Division of Rate Counsel agrees the BPU has no such authority to regulate carbon emissions.
DeGesero added, “Additionally, there are some who will say ‘this is not a mandate.’ To that we would ask, ‘what else do you call forced building electrification?’ New Jersey legislators need to stop this outrageously expensive electrification plan that, as Governor Murphy would say, ‘short-circuits’ the legislative process.”
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Why build gas infrastructure when the electric is already going in? Why build with an energy source that has no future?
Hydrogen can (and is) being used in natural gas lines, so we should not be forced to give up gas for electricity which is frequently produced with coal.
So electric is not necessarily better for the environment.
see an example here=>
https://www.wcax.com/2022/01/20/vt-partnership-help-power-globalfoundries-with-hydrogen/
Don’t confuse the AGENDA with FACTS.
Just like getting fat and out of shape because there will be a pill that makes you healthy in the future!! I an with you george jetson
The electrification folly.
Is this Still AMERICA?
its New Jersey
What about what New York’s Gov. Hochul backing a ban on gas furnaces and stoves by 2030? Banning natural gas stoves in most new homes and buildings as early as 2026.
and California’s ban of sale of gas furnaces and water heaters after 2030.
Why do people put up with this idiocy?
I DOES NOTHING
and
ITS BASED ON CRAP SCIENCE.
ITS BASED ON CRAP SCIENCE
Supported by people with CRAP INTELLIGENCE