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New Jersey committees pass bill supporting nuclear

The New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee and the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee on 20 December unanimously approved the legislation, which was introduced on 14 December. The bill will now go before the full Assembly and Senate, with a vote possible early next year.

The proposed legislation – Assembly Bill 5330 and Senate Bill 3560 – directs the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to establish a Nuclear Diversity Certificate (NDC) programme. Under the bill, an NDC would represent the environmental and fuel diversity attributes of one megawatt-hour of electricity generated by an eligible nuclear power plant. Nuclear power plants selected by the state’s Board of Public Utilities to receive NDCs would receive a yearly payment from the state’s public utilities.

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