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A4025 • 2026

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

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

Agriculture Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Sauickie, Alex
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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

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

What This Bill Does

  • Requires NJ Clean Energy Program incentives be made available to commercial farms.
  • Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires NJ Clean Energy Program incentives be made available to commercial farms.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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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.

��

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.