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S3954 • 2026

Requires public utilities to provide Energy Star-rated product and appliance rebates of no less than 20 percent of total cost of product or appliance.

Requires public utilities to provide Energy Star-rated product and appliance rebates of no less than 20 percent of total cost of product or appliance.

Energy
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Henry, Owen
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires public utilities to provide Energy Star-rated product and appliance rebates of no less than 20 percent of total cost of product or appliance.

Requires public utilities to provide Energy Star-rated product and appliance rebates of no less than 20 percent of total cost of product or appliance.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires public utilities to provide Energy Star-rated product and appliance rebates of no less than 20 percent of total cost of product or appliance.
  • Topic: Economic Growth Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires public utilities to provide Energy Star-rated product and appliance rebates of no less than 20 percent of total cost of product or appliance.
Topic:
Economic Growth
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3954

SENATE, No. 3954

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� OWEN HENRY

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires public utilities to provide Energy
Star-rated product and appliance rebates of no less than 20 percent of total
cost of product or appliance.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning rebates offered by public utilities for
Energy Star-related products and appliances and supplementing P.L.2018, c.17.

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

���� 1.��� A public utility that
administers a rebate program for the purchase of residential products and
appliances bearing the federal Environmental Protection Agency�s Energy Star
label as part of the public utility�s energy efficiency program or peak demand
reduction program, as approved by the Board of Public Utilities pursuant to
section 3 of P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.9), shall provide a rebate offered for
the purchase of an Energy Star-rated product or appliance of no less than 20
percent of the total cost of the product or appliance.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a public
utility that offers a rebate program for the purchase of residential products
and appliances bearing the federal Environmental Protection Agency�s Energy
Star label as part of its energy efficiency program or peak demand reduction
program, as approved by the Board of Public Utilities, to provide a rebate of
no less than 20 percent of the total cost of the product or appliance.