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Trenton NJ, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy association, released the following statement by State Director Eileen Kean in reaction to the decision by the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to eliminate or restrict future gas power for large numbers of New Jersey homeowners and businesses utilizing stoves, washers and driers, and heating and cooling units:
“Yesterday, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities moved forward with little notice, transparency, stakeholder input, or legislative authority to drastically change the Garden State’s energy future by restricting or eliminating the use natural gas in many commercial and residential settings, including stoves, washers and driers, furnaces, and cooling units.
“Had the BPU sought a transparent and inclusive process, they would have quickly learned that the electric grid and transmission capacity are simply not equipped to handle an increase in electricity demand of this magnitude. A hasty conversion could lead to volatile cost spikes and power shortages. Additionally, all-electric buildings themselves are pricey and would lead to higher costs for business owners doing renovations or expansions. Converting every building in the state to all-electric power will cost billions of dollars. Higher energy bills and power outages are not helpful to small businesses struggling to meet the ever-increasing costs of operation.
“NFIB believes that policy decisions of this magnitude are the purview of the state’s elected legislature. Members of the state Senate and Assembly are far more in touch with – and responsive to — the needs and concerns of residents and job creators. The BPU is an unelected state panel with zero accountability to the public.
“We look forward to working with the legislature and employer stakeholders across New Jersey to slow down the state’s ‘mandate madness’ and inject some common sense into the discussion about the state’s energy plans and economic future.”
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This is how the radical left wing Democrats are ruining this country.
Its all about control, when they will force you to be on the unreliable grid so they can limit your heating and cooling. I’ll keep my gas furnace, and gas stove (that worked very well when we had no electricity due to Sandy). These people are mentally ill
This is ridiculous. Gas can be better for the environment than electricity.
We no longer live in a free country, it’s turning into a dictatorship!
This is just the state version of the Federal bureaucracy’s power grab granted to bureaucrats over time by our morally lazy legislators. Legislators are our true representatives, elected “by the people” – unelected bureaucracies need to be reined in by lawmakers.
As a step in the right direction, The Supreme Court has recently ruled against the federal bureaucracy in:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-rules-against-epa-wetlands-regulation-challenge-2023-05-25/
The real cure? It’s time to speak up! Elect responsible lawmakers who will take back their proper role from the bureaucraps!
Agree. Good luck with that. Baaaaa
No chance this hapoens
In the past I would have agreed with you.
But after the “acceptance” or men becoming women and vice versa, I think ANYTHING – no matter how idiotic and outlandish – CAN happen.
This is the “suspension of reality” world we currently live in.