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Committee orders study of data‑center impacts, hears robust testimony on PJM, AI centers and local costs
Summary
Lawmakers amended and released a bill directing the BPU to study how data centers’ electricity usage affects New Jersey rates and advanced a joint resolution urging PJM reform; a separate proposal to require AI data centers to use new clean energy was discussed but not voted.
The Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee voted to amend and release Assembly Bill 54 66, which directs the Board of Public Utilities to study the effects that electricity usage by data centers in the PJM region has on New Jersey electric costs. The committee also released AJR216 directing the BPU to investigate PJM’s reliability pricing model. A separate measure that would require artificial‑intelligence data centers to have electricity sourced from new clean generation (A5564) was posted for discussion only and received extensive testimony but no…
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