New Jersey § 26:2c-42

§ 26:2c-42.

a. The department, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities, the Department

of Agriculture, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Community

Affairs, shall evaluate policies and measures that will enable the State to achieve

the 2020 limit, shall make specific recommendations on how to achieve the emission

reduction targets, including measures that reduce emissions in all sectors of the

economy including transportation, housing, and consumer products, and shall evaluate

the economic benefits and costs of implementing these recommendations. The department shall coordinate its evaluation of greenhouse gas emission reduction

policies and measures with the work of the Energy Master Plan Committee established

pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1977, c. 146 ( C.52:27F-14 ). b. No later than June 30, 2008, the department, and any other State agencies, as appropriate,

shall prepare a report recommending the measures necessary to reduce greenhouse gas

emissions to achieve the 2020 limit. The report shall include specific recommendations for legislative and regulatory

action that will be necessary to achieve the 2020 limit. The report shall be transmitted to the Governor, to the State Treasurer, to the

Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c. 164 ( C.52:14-19.1 ) and to the members of the Senate Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment

and Solid Waste Committee. c. No later than one year after the effective date of P.L.2019, c. 197 , the department, in consultation with the Board of Public Utilities and any other State agencies, as appropriate, shall prepare a report recommending

the measures necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions , including short-lived climate pollutants, to achieve the 2050 limit. The report shall include specific recommendations for legislative and regulatory

action that will be necessary to achieve the 2050 limit and any established interim benchmarks . The report shall also include recommendations for additional policies and measures

that will be required if the State is otherwise expected to exceed the 2020 limit

and any additional measures that will be required to meet the 2050 limit. The report shall be transmitted to the Governor, to the State Treasurer, to the

Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c. 164 ( C.52:14-19.1 ) and to the members of the Senate Environment Committee and the Assembly Environment

and Solid Waste Committee. d. The Energy Master Plan Committee shall include in its adoption of the first update

of the energy master plan completed after the date of enactment of P.L.2007, c. 112 ( C.26:2C-37 et al.) , a list of recommended policies and measures to reduce the emission of greenhouse

gases from the production, processing, distribution, transmission, storage, or use

of energy that will contribute to achieving the 2020 limit. e. Nothing in P.L.2007, c. 112 ( C.26:2C-37 et al.) shall impose any limit on the existing authority of the department, the Board of

Public Utilities, or any other State department or agency to limit or regulate greenhouse

gas emissions pursuant to law.