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Read. Follow. Verify.New Jersey Prohibits Economic Development Authority From Issuing Subsidies for Wind Energy Projects
Last action · January 13, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities CommitteeSponsors: Gerry Scharfenberger and 5 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Assembly Bill 887 prohibits the New Jersey Economic Development Authority from issuing grants, loans, loan guarantees, tax credits, or any other financial assistance for the development or operation of wind energy projects. The measure removes wind energy eligibility from multiple state funding streams, including the , the Emerge Program, the Garden State C-PACE program, and the Angel Investor Tax Credit program, while repealing the statutory provision authorizing offshore wind project tax credits.
Eliminates state-backed financial incentives and tax credits for wind energy developers and manufacturers across New Jersey, redirecting clean energy funds and tax credit capacities exclusively toward non-wind technologies and programs.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Wind energy project developers
Developers of wind energy projects are rendered ineligible for state-backed financial assistance, grants, loans, and tax credits from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
Wind equipment manufacturers
Manufacturers of component parts supporting offshore wind projects lose eligibility for specific state tax credits and financial subsidies.
Commercial and industrial entities seeking energy efficiency funding
Entities seeking funding from the Global Warming Solutions Fund experience a shift in fund availability as allocations previously designated for wind projects are restricted.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
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Exclusion of Wind Energy from State Incentive Programs
The legislation systematically removes wind energy eligibility across multiple established economic development and clean energy statutes, including C-PACE, the Emerge Program, and Angel Investor tax credits.
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