It’s crunch time for one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s highest-profile lame-duck energy initiatives.
The Legislature is on the verge of determining whether to continue pursuing Murphy’s goal of codifying New Jersey’s 100 percent clean energy goals by 2035, according to a key state senator. The governor has made the clean energy goals a staple of his environmental agenda, and his office is trying to ensure it stays in place regardless of future administrations.
“Still viable — we’re going to make a final decision about whether it’s lame duck or something else on Monday,” state Sen. Bob Smith, chair of the Senate Environment and Energy committee, told POLITICO.
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The senator added that he’s been talking with the front office on next steps.
