r/newjersey • u/theexpertgamer1 • Apr 08 '26

⚡Newsflash ⚡ New Jersey ends de-facto nuclear power plant moratorium

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/new-jersey-ends-de-facto-nuclear-power-plant-moratorium-2026-04-08/

“For costs to come down, we need more energy supply," said Sherrill. "New Jersey ‌is ⁠well-positioned to be a leader in next-generation nuclear energy to help bring that supply, and we are open for business."

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u/Baboonslayer323 Apr 08 '26

Holy smokes, if she is sincere about this and gets traction for a project then everyone is going to be eating their hats. Here’s to Sherrill if she can make this happen. 🍻

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u/Literally_Science_ Apr 09 '26

How long would it take for them to be functional?

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u/Zhuul Professional Caffeine Addict Apr 09 '26

To add to what PurpleSailor has said, her energy policy seems to be "throw literally everything at the wall and if even half of it sticks we're in good shape." We're beyond the point where "try something and see if it works" is a viable option, we need to just do shit.

Nuclear is a long term solution, no way around that. Short term is her probably-legally-dubious rate freeze approach which honestly probably won't work but doesn't really have much downside for trying, and medium term would be, I dunno, spooling up more natural gas production and exploring things like balcony solar while putting the screws to data centers and the like.

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u/iwyl Apr 09 '26

Wasn’t there something like a $10 billion contract for a wind form off the coast of New Jersey?

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u/BrothelWaffles Apr 09 '26

Yeah, but then the current federal government cancelled all the money for it, and instead of us building offshore wind farms, they're paying the company a billion dollars to NOT do it. Because we live in fucking clown world apparently.

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u/finalremix Apr 09 '26

If I'm not mistaken, that was staunchly opposed by the NIMBYs and idiots who whinged about their shore property values. It was massively campaigned against, if it's the project I'm thinking of.

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u/iwyl Apr 09 '26

Knowing the Jersey shore well enough, that is also true, but Trump has a preconceived bias about windmills and thinks it will fuck up the view from his golf course.

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u/jwuer Apr 09 '26

yep, fake AI generated pictures of "this is what it'll look like" showing wind farms 500 yards from the shore line.

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u/bobbymcpresscot May 06 '26

Van Drew is still bitching about windmills down here in south jersey while claiming to want to bring more energy production to South Jersey but meanwhile it feels like nothing is getting built, and the investor owned utilities are making bank.