Excludes biomass, solar, and wind energy systems located on rooftops or exception areas from certain size restrictions applicable to preserved farmland.*

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Excludes biomass, solar, and wind energy systems located on rooftops or exception areas from certain size restrictions applicable to preserved farmland.*

Excludes biomass, solar, and wind energy systems located on rooftops or exception areas from certain size restrictions applicable to preserved farmland.* Topic: Telecommunications and Utilities Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

What This Bill Does

• Excludes biomass, solar, and wind energy systems located on rooftops or exception areas from certain size restrictions applicable to preserved farmland.* Topic: Telecommunications and Utilities Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Official Summary Text

Excludes biomass, solar, and wind energy systems located on rooftops or exception areas from certain size restrictions applicable to preserved farmland.*
Topic:
Telecommunications and Utilities
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

A4688 AAN Statement 5/4/26

ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY,
No. 4688

with
committee amendments

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�MAY 4,
2026

����� The Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources
Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No.
4688.

����� As amended, this bill would a
mend section 1 of P.L.2009, c.213 (C.4:1C-32.4),
which authorizes the construction of biomass, solar, and wind energy
facilities, structures, and equipment on preserved farmland, in order to exempt
facilities, structures, and equipment that are located on rooftops or exception
areas from the requirement that they be limited: (1) in annual energy
generation capacity to the previous calendar year�s energy demand plus 10
percent; or (2) to occupying no more than one percent of the area of the entire
farm.� Under this bill, biomass, solar, and wind energy facilities, structures,
and equipment that are located on a rooftop or in an exception area would not
be subject to these statutory size restrictions.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

����� The committee amended the bill to remove from the bill
language exempting unpreserved farmland from the existing statutory energy
generation capacity restrictions.