New Jersey Settlement: Protecting Residents and Their Environment

(Trenton, NJ - November 24, 2025) Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) joined PSE&G, New Jersey Ratepayer Counsel, and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) staff in a settlement approved last week that protects New Jersey residents and our environment. EDF supports the settlement and applauds the BPU for approving it in full.  

“New Jersey’s gas customers win with this settlement,” said Curt Stokes, Director and Senior Attorney at Environmental Defense Fund. “It significantly cuts costs for customers by scaling back PSE&G’s originally proposed increases to infrastructure spending and removes a proposal to charge ratepayers for unproductive renewable natural gas and hydrogen projects.” 

A recent study, commissioned by EDF and conducted by the think tank Switchbox, shows that blending green hydrogen into New Jersey’s natural gas system as proposed by PSE&G in its original filing would be far less efficient than directly electrifying homes and using efficient, affordable, and reliable heat pumps.