New Jersey

Information provided by EPA State Climate and Energy Program, New Jersey State Planning and Incentive Structures

Summary: Executive Order 11 (April 2006) requires the Director of Energy Savings to implement a program to increase energy efficiency, reduce energy use, and improve the procurement of energy for all state facilities. This includes overseeing energy audits to be conducted at state buildings, coordinating with the agencies that own, lease, occupy or maintain state buildings to implement immediate energy efficiency practices, and developing an annual report highlighting cost savings and environmental results.

Links:

• Executive Order 11

Summary: Assembly Bill 3983 (August 21, 2007) requires all state agencies with purchasing authority to replace all incandescent light bulbs used in state-owned buildings with compact fluorescent light bulbs within three years.

Senate Bill 341 (August 11, 2006) requires the state to purchase only products bearing the ENERGY STAR label when buying products for state government use.

Executive Order 11 requires all state agencies to select ENERGY STAR products when acquiring new energy-using products or replacing existing equipment. It directs the Director of the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of Treasury to issue standards and guidelines to implement this requirement. For products that do not have ENERGY STAR labels, state agencies are directed to follow guidelines established by the New Jersey Clean Energy Program. The order also creates the position of Director of Energy Savings in the Department of the Treasury, who will be responsible for improving the energy efficiency of all procurement programs for state facilities.

Links:

• Assembly Bill 3983
• Senate Bill 341
• Executive Order 11

No policy in place or proposed

Note: For state efficient fleet initiatives, policies listed must make a specific, mandatory requirement for increasing state fleet efficiency. State alternative-fuel vehicle procurement requirements that give a voluntary option to count efficient vehicles are thus not included.

Links:

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory: New Jersey ESPC Legislation

Last Updated 07/14/2009

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