New Jersey deregulated its energy market in 1999, allowing people to choose which companies generate the electricity that powers their homes. The...
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Infrastructure Networks & Energy Events
View a list of historic events from 2004-2018. June 26, 2018 Viability of offshore wind energy touted at NJBIZ panel | NJBIZ New Jersey could...
Energy Efficiency Evaluation: The Importance of an Independent and Objective Evaluator
Energy efficiency is frequently promoted as the lowest cost "resource" to achieve consumer cost reductions, improve the economy and reduce...
The Importance of New Jersey Rejoining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
Both major candidates for New Jersey Governor have promised that the State would rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) when they take...
Professional Development for Energy Professionals II
Summary Electricity behaves like no other commodity, which makes electricity markets complicated. An in-depth understanding of electricity markets...
Professional Development for Energy Professionals
Summary Due to the competitive nature of the energy world, energy professionals need a long-term, comprehensive, and effective professional...
New Jersey’s Clean Energy Future: What Needs to Be Done
With the upcoming gubernatorial election, there is a lot of excitement and hope that the next governor will establish and implement a meaningful...
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Stakeholder and Subject Matter Expert Feedback Regarding the Content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification Action Plan
This report summarizes stakeholder and subject matter expert feedback regarding the potential elements and content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification (OA) Action Plan. Feedback was provided by twenty-eight individuals through a stakeholder engagement process which...
Tech Fitness for Local Elected Officials and Administrators
These articles were designed to help local government leaders develop “tech fitness” for their organizations. The idea of tech fitness is to ensure that organizations can meet expectations for technologically driven services, which today, include most government...
AI in Local Government, Helpful or Harmful?
Chatbots are software programs that use natural language processing to have conversations with people. Also called conversational agents, they can answer questions, provide recommendations, and complete tasks. Leading companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, and...
TECH UPDATES: What Municipal CAOs Need to Know, Part 1: Tech Fitness and Cyber Hygiene
There are two basic elements of technology that every municipality must have. Most places already do this, but it doesn’t hurt to highlight them. The first is an expert to advise you and your governing body on technology issues. As with other experts you hire—a police...