Committees forward nuclear energy bills

Committees in the state Senate and Assembly have advanced legislation to pay Public Service Electric and Gas an annual $300 million subsidy on three nuclear power plants in South Jersey.Committees in the state Senate and Assembly have advanced legislation to pay Public Service Electric and Gas an annual $300 million subsidy on three nuclear power plants in South Jersey.

State Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-3^rd District, sponsored Senate Bill 2313, and Assemblyman John McKeon, D-27^th District, sponsored Assembly Bill 3724. The bills are expected to get a Senate vote by month’s end.

The bills also set requirements on what percentage of the state’s energy must come from clean-energy sources.