Testimony Regarding A5330 and S3560

The Clean Air Task Force argues that New Jersey's nuclear plants, specifically Hope Creek and Salem, are critical for maintaining the state's zero-carbon electricity share. The testimony asserts that replacing these plants with wind and solar would require an impractical scale of immediate buildout, and replacing them with gas would increase regional emissions by approximately 11 million tons annually, undermining goals like those of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). The author supports a proposed subsidy of approximately $10/MWH to keep these plants operational as a low-cost interim measure.

• Nuclear power provides approximately 40% of New Jersey's electricity, placing the state among the top three for zero-carbon electricity share among states without large hydroelectric dams.
• Replacing the electricity output of the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants with other carbon-free sources would require either 10 of the world's largest offshore windfarms, 10 inshore windfarms the size of California's largest, or a 15-fold increase in solar energy output.
• Retiring the Salem and Hope Creek plants and replacing them with gas-fired energy would increase regional emissions by about 11 million tons annually, which would hinder the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) goal of a 10% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020.
• The proposed legislation suggests a subsidy of approximately $10/MWH, which is significantly lower than the federal wind production tax credit of $24/MWH.

APA

Rampal, B. (2017). Testimony Regarding A5330 and S3560. Clean Air Task Force. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/21092914/Rampal-Testimony-A5330-S3560.pdf

Chicago

Rampal, Brett. Testimony Regarding A5330 and S3560. Clean Air Task Force, 2017. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/21092914/Rampal-Testimony-A5330-S3560.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{rampal2017testimony, author = {Rampal, Brett}, title = {{Testimony Regarding A5330 and S3560}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2017}, month = dec, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/21092914/Rampal-Testimony-A5330-S3560.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }