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NJ Readies for Green Future But Says Little About Costs

Opponents say their studies predict big price tags. State says cost of doing nothing far worse

TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS – By some accounts, the Murphy administration is making significant progress in its goal to transition to 100% clean energy by mid-century to avoid the worst of the expected impacts of climate change.

In the past few years, the state approved building three large wind farms off the New Jersey coast. It ordered gas and electric utilities to curb customers’ energy use and it adopted a new program to begin electrifying the transportation sector …