Jersey Central Power & Light won't have to justify its rates before the Board of Public Utilities for at least another month, but the state's second-largest utility already is defending itself in the court of public opinion.

Jersey Central Power & Light said this week it will begin work on 17 transmission projects over the next six months as part of its multi-year $200 million Local Infrastructure and Transmission Enhancement program.

The Board of Public Utilities said this week it will streamline the administration of its Clean Energy Program by placing all of its programs under a single outside administrator.

Two environmental groups today filed a lawsuit against Gov. Chris Christie and the state Department of Environmental Protection for the state's withdrawal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative — just as New Jersey misses the second quarterly auction of carbon dioxide allowances since its official withdrawal...

Contracts released by state energy regulators this week are providing fresh ammunition for opponents of a program to subsidize new power plant development in New Jersey.

The head of the Board of Public Utilities says there's still work to be done to improve the regional power market, even after a successful auction that will result in three new power plants in the state.

A bill promoting the state's solar industry was released by the Assembly Environment and Energy Committee on Thursday.

A new report suggests American oil and gas companies increasingly are worried about stepped up regulation of hydraulic fracturing and the impact of climate change legislation.

After getting under the wire for a federal grant and hastening construction to beat out oversupply in the solar market, Chicago-based Lincoln Renewable Energy LLC today unveiled a 100-acre solar farm in South Jersey.

The developers of the new 13-acre solar farm on a landfill in Kearny didn't have to move a mountain to construct the installation — but they did have to build one.