Governor Phil Murphy has signed Executive Order No. 307, increasing New Jersey’s offshore wind goal by nearly 50 percent to 11,000MW by 2040. The Executive Order, which increases the state’s current goal of 7,500MW, also directs the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to study the feasibility of increasing the target further.
Governor Murphy also announced the release of an Offshore Wind jobs analysis and highlighted $10 million in new investments, which will guide and support the State as it prepares to execute a One Year Action Plan designed to generate good-paying jobs in the growing green economy. Several private sector partners, including Unilever, DSM, Hugo Neu, IKEA, Siemens, and Hackensack Meridian Health, committed to supporting these crucial efforts by signing the Corporate Green Jobs Pledge.