Subsidies for Solar splits N.J. power providers
A trade group representing third-party power suppliers says a plan to revive the state’s solar industry unfairly singles them out to fund the changes.
The Retail Energy Supply Association is asking legislators to delay implementation of a solar rescue bill, currently being debated in Trenton, until June 2015, which they say would help put all power suppliers — including the state’s regulated utilities — on an equal playing field.
The Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Thursday on a plan that would boost the renewable energy requirements for New Jersey power suppliers. The change is meant to help the solar industry, which has been in a state of flux for the past year. (Kaltwasser, NJBIZ)