American employers added 219,000 jobs in July, Roseland-based payroll processing company ADP said in a report issued Wednesday.
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Energy
New Brunswick officials eye community solar program
Local officials in New Brunswick are moving toward a program that calls for the city to be 100 percent reliant on clean energy by the year 2035.
Read More »Louis Berger to be acquired for 400M
Morristown-based global professional services corporation Louis Berger has entered into a $400 million agreement to be acquired by Canadian engineering company WSP Global Inc.
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NJBIZ names 40 Under 40 Awards winners for 2018
The NJBIZ 40 Under 40 awards honor young professionals, as you may have guessed, under the age of 40 making moves in the Garden State. Some names you may know, others you may be seeing for the first time – but we're betting it won't be the last.
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American Water to acquire Roxbury Water
Voorhees based-New Jersey American Water on Thursday announced an agreement to acquire Roxbury Water Co., which has 3,900 residential and commercial customers in Roxbury Township.
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NJ utility board details final stretch for offshore wind plan
The state’s Board of Public Utilities on Thursday held one of its first public hearings aimed at narrowing down how it might go forward with a comprehensive offshore wind plan, with the emphasis for now on getting information on the process out to the public.
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Meadowlands plant Business bullish, others cry foul
The battle lines are drawn on a proposal to place a gas-fired power plant in the Meadowlands.
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PSEG hires corporate lawyer to investigate customer death
Public Service Enterprise Group has hired corporate trial attorney Theodore Wells to conduct an internal investigation of the death of Linda Daniels, an older customer who died July 5 after PSE&G shut power to her house for delinquent payments.
Read More »JCPL investing 400M to enhance distribution system
Jersey Central Power & Light filed a four-year infrastructure plan Friday with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to enhance the reliability of its distribution system against severe weather and reduce the frequency and duration of power outages.
Read More »State to probe death after power shut-off
Gov. Phil Murphy and the state’s Board of Public Utilities have launched an investigation into the death of Newark resident, 68-year-old Linda Daniels, who died after Public Service Electric & Gas Co. shut off power to her home for delinquent payments.
Read More »Middlesex authority gets 1M toward treatment plant project
The Middlesex County Utilities Authority will receive an additional $1 million for a project to provide bypass pumping for the Sayreville sewage treatment plant damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
Read More »New Brunswick residents press renewable energy plan
Some New Brunswick residents have delivered a petition of 650 signatures supporting a citywide community energy aggregation program that would allow residents and businesses to purchase 100 percent renewable electricity by the year 2035.
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