The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has asked the Center for Energy, Economics and Environmental Policy (CEEEP) along with the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (RECONTM), both part of the Bloustein School of Planning and Policy, Rutgers University to provide data collection and analysis as New Jersey updates and revises its Energy Master Plan (EMP).
In this brief introduction, the role of data collection, analysis and uncertainty in energy planning, raised in CEEEP’s Modeling Report for the New Jersey Energy Master Plan 1 (2008), is discussed. Readers are encouraged to revisit that document as well as its many other reports, which contain similar discussions. In the context of the EMP, planning should be an iterative process that articulates fundamental objectives, establishes measurable targets, assigns resources and responsibilities for meeting those targets, and reevaluates and adjusts the EMP’s strategies over time. In the remainder of this introduction, the role of data collection and analysis is discussed, the importance of acknowledging uncertainty is raised, and a short description of CEEEP and RECONTM’s approach is provided.
- Analysis for the 2011 Draft New Jersey Energy Master Plan Update, March 2011
Note: This document is the same as the Feb 28, 2011 version, except for subsequent minor edits. - Specific Questions to be Discussed at the EMP Technical Group Meeting, January 19, 2007
- Overview of Energy Master Plan Modeling Effort New Jersey, December 18, 2006
- The R/ECON Model and Assumptions for the New Jersey State Energy Plan, December 18, 2006