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Bill Text

A4025 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4025 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ALEX SAUICKIE

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires NJ Clean Energy Program incentives be made 
available to commercial farms. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning energy efficiency incentives for 
commercial farms and supplementing P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.).

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

���� 1.� a.� Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, or any rule, regulation, or order adopted pursuant 
thereto, to the contrary, the owner of a commercial farm shall be eligible to 
apply for, and receive, any applicable incentives made available by the Board 
of Public Utilities through the New Jersey Clean Energy Program with funding 
provided by the societal benefits charge that is imposed pursuant to section 12 
of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-60).

���� b.� The Board of Public 
Utilities, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, shall establish 
a program to encourage or assist the owners of commercial farms to conduct 
energy audits to identify the current energy use of buildings and equipment and 
identify energy conservation measures that can be implemented in order to 
realize and maximize energy savings and energy efficiency.

���� c.� The Board of Public 
Utilities shall publish on its Internet website any incentives and programs 
that are available to the owners of commercial farms pursuant to this section.

���� d.� As used in this section:

���� �Commercial farm� means the 
same as the term is defined at P.L.1983, c.31 (C.4:1C-3).

���� �Energy audit� means an 
assessment of all energy-using systems to determine the consumption 
characteristics of a commercial farm which shall (1) identify the type, size, 
and rate of energy consumption of a commercial farm; (2) identify appropriate 
energy conservation maintenance and operating procedures; and (3) indicate the 
need, if any, for the acquisition and installation of energy conservation 
measures.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� The bill would allow the 
owners of commercial farms to be eligible to apply for, and receive, any 
applicable incentives made available by the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) 
through the New Jersey Clean Energy Program (NJCEP).

���� In addition, the bill would 
require the BPU, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, to establish 
a program to encourage or assist the owners of commercial farms to conduct 
energy audits to identify the current energy use of buildings and equipment and 
identify energy conservation measures that can be implemented in order to 
realize and maximize energy savings and energy efficiency.� The bill defines 
�energy audit� as an assessment of all energy-using systems to determine the 
consumption characteristics of a commercial farm which shall (1) identify the 
type, size, and rate of energy consumption of a commercial farm; (2) identify 
appropriate energy conservation maintenance and operating procedures; and (3) 
indicate the need, if any, for the acquisition and installation of energy 
conservation measures.

���� The bill would also require 
the BPU to publish on its Internet website any incentives or programs that are 
available to the owners of commercial farms under the NJCEP and information 
concerning the program established by the BPU, pursuant to the bill, to 
encourage or assist the owners of commercial farms in conducting energy audits.

���� Currently, commercial farms do 
not fit clearly into the incentive programs offered by the NJCEP, which is 
divided into categories for residential, commercial, industrial, local 
government, and multifamily.� A farmhouse or residential dwelling on farmland 
would be eligible for incentives offered in the residential category of the 
NJCEP since the farmhouse or dwelling qualifies as a residence, however, there 
are no additional incentives or programs specifically available to the owners 
of commercial farms under the NJCEP.� The bill would allow the owners of 
commercial farms to participate in the NJCEP and receive applicable incentives 
under the program while improving the energy efficiency of their farms.