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Bill Text

A5188 2R 

[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 5188 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 1, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� CODY D. MILLER

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman� ALEXANDER "AVI" SCHNALL

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman� CHIGOZIE U. ONYEMA

District 28 (Essex and Union)

Senator� ANDREW ZWICKER

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Senator� BRITNEE N. TIMBERLAKE

District 34 (Essex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Bagolie, Assemblymen Kearney, Bhalla, Macurdy 
and Senator McKnight

SYNOPSIS

���� �Advanced Grid Technologies Act�; requires State 
oversight of supplemental projects and establishes expedited review for 
projects utilizing advanced transmission technologies.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As reported by the Assembly State and Local 
Government Committee on June 23, 2026, with amendments.

�� 

An Act concerning electric transmission planning and 
supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� This act shall be known 
and may be cited as the �Advanced Grid Technologies Act.�

���� 2.��� The Legislature finds 
and declares that:� 

���� a.���� Electric transmission 
facilities serving New Jersey customers face unprecedented demands from rising 
load growth, lengthy interconnection queues, and the continuous need to provide 
adequate, reliable, and efficient electric service to customers;

���� b.��� In Order No. 1920 and 
other related proceedings, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 
recognized that advanced transmission technologies are essential tools for 
modern grid planning that should be meaningfully considered in transmission 
planning processes;

���� c.���� Advanced transmission 
technologies, including grid-enhancing technologies and high-performance 
conductors, have 2in 
certain instances2 
demonstrated significant consumer savings, reliability improvements, and 
capacity gains in deployments within the United States and internationally, 
often with benefit-to-cost ratios substantially exceeding those of traditional 
transmission alternatives;

���� d.��� 2[Advanced 
distribution technologies, including distribution automation, advanced 
inverters, distributed energy resource management systems, and 
grid-services-capable storage, are essential to integrating distributed energy 
resources, electrifying buildings and transportation, and maintaining reliable 
distribution service despite evolving load patterns;

���� e.���� ]2 
Electric public utilities undertake transmission projects to 2[supplement 
projects] 
address local transmission upgrades outside the regional transmission 
planning process reviewed and2 
approved by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) for regional reliability, 
operational performance, or economic purposes.� These projects are commonly 
referred to as supplemental projects in PJM�s Attachment M-3 process and have 
historically received limited 2to 
no2 
oversight from PJM and 2[state] State2 
regulatory authorities, even though costs for these supplemental projects are 
passed through to utility customers;

���� 2[f.] e.2����� Often, 
2[cost-of-service 
ratemaking, as traditionally applied,] 
the use of formula rates at FERC2 
fails to effectively incentivize electric public utilities to adopt advanced 
transmission technologies 2[and advanced 
distribution technologies]2.� 
However, regulatory mechanisms that align utility financial interests with 
consumer savings could successfully incentivize such adoption;

���� 2[g.] f.2���� For 
more than a century, state regulatory authorities have exercised authority over 
the construction of electric transmission facilities through certificates of 
public convenience and necessity.� Moreover, FERC has acknowledged 1[that 
authorizing supplemental projects undertaken pursuant to] the 
consultative role of state regulatory authorities in1 PJM�s 
Attachment M-3 process 1[is a function 
of state regulatory authorities]1; 
and

���� 2[h.] g.2���� It 
is therefore in the public interest for New Jersey to establish a process for 
issuing certificates of public convenience and necessity for supplemental 2[transmission]2 
projects undertaken by electric public utilities in the State, which process 
shall require meaningful consideration of 2cost-effective2 advanced 
transmission technologies 2[and advanced 
distribution technologies]2 
and provide for expedited review where such technologies are deployed 2in a 
cost-effective manner in order2 
to meet applicable grid performance benchmarks.

���� 3.��� As used in 
P.L. , c. 
(C. ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill):� 

���� �Advanced conductor� means a 
conductor used in an electric transmission system, which conductor has: �(1) a 
similar diameter and weight as a traditional aluminum conductor steel 
reinforced conductor; (2) a direct electrical resistance that is