Assemblymen Paul Kanitra and Alex Sauickie put the Murphy administration on the hot seat during a six-hour joint legislative hearing on rising electric bills last week. Their hard-hitting questions revealed the shocking truth behind the increasing utility rates and the squandered opportunities to lower costs. 

What’s really driving your sky-high utility bills? Kanitra grilled the head of the Board of Public Utilities Christine Guhl-Sadovy who admitted the Murphy administration is more focused on chasing its climate change agenda than keeping energy bills affordable.

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Why is New Jersey’s energy supply so limited? When New Jersey could have invested in reliable energy generation, the Murphy administration took nuclear plants offline and shifted away from natural gas to focus on offshore wind, which will never produce what was lost. Sauickie explains how the administration’s myopic green goals overshadowed the need for a diverse energy portfolio.

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Lastly, Kanitra questions an official with the regional electric grid operator, PJM, on energy waiting to be brought online. He reveals all of the administration’s failed offshore wind projects are still in the queue. Murphy’s allegiance to Big Wind is clogging up the pipeline and utility customers are paying the price. The average electric customer will see bills jump by 17 to 20% starting this summer.