Five years after Superstorm Sandy, Public Service Electric and Gas has completed infrastructure investments that will help protect the state’s power distribution grid withstand another major storm. During and after Superstorm Sandy, 2 million PSE&G customers were left without power – some for days.

The Jersey City Council has voted to issue requests for proposals for companies to construct and maintain charging stations for electric cars, making it the first New Jersey city to construct such stations.

The Public Service Enterprise Group, the state’s largest provider of electricity, has hired the top prosecutor for Union County for the past four years, Grace Park, as a litigator and general counsel.

The state's Board of Public Utilities approved $2 million to fund 13 feasibility studies for a new micro-power grids that would power and connect Camden County's wastewater treatment plant to the Covanta Camden Energy Recovery Center, a waste-to-energy facility.

Aromatic chemical distributor Berje recently announced it completed the installation of a 200,000-square-foot solar panel array at its center in Carteret.

Genie Energy Ltd. announced Monday that its Genie Retail Energy division has acquired Mirabito Natural Gas from Angus Energy for $3 million, plus Mirabito’s working capital.

Changes are afoot in the New Jersey energy sector, possibly meaning new investment opportunities.