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Environmental

NJR is committed to playing a central role in building a cleaner, more sustainable future. We support public policy goals for greenhouse gas emissions reduction that address the urgency of climate change. We’ve set ambitious emissions reduction goals for our own company in line with this commitment, and our broader sustainability strategy charts our company’s path to make broad-based decarbonization a reality across our businesses, and to contribute to these efforts across the economy.
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NJNG's Green Hydrogen Project 

NJNG’s green hydrogen blending facility, the first of its kind on the east coast, has now been in operation for a year, helping to lower carbon emissions from the energy we deliver. This facility showcases the real-world value of our pipeline infrastructure to integrate, store, transport and deliver blended clean hydrogen as a critical tool in achieving emissions reduction goals more affordably and more reliably. Learn more.

NJR’s Leadership in Low- and Zero-Emission Fuels 

As the parent company of New Jersey Natural Gas, one of the four regulated natural gas utilities in the state, we are leveraging our existing natural gas utility infrastructure to store, transport and distribute alternative fuel solutions, in addition to aggressive energy efficiency and bringing forward other carbon-reducing technologies is a realistic path to achieve emissions reduction goals more quickly, more affordably and more reliably than single-technology approaches. Learn more. 

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Operating a Premier Distribution System

As a leader in proactive pipeline modernization, NJR has long maintained the most environmentally sound natural gas distribution system in New Jersey, as measured by leaks per mile. The progress made to date has been the main driver of our operational emissions reduction in New Jersey. As the last of those leak-prone materials, including cast iron and bare steel, have been removed, we are focused on several operational strategies to support emissions reductions that will enable progress to our 2030 goal and beyond.

Coastal Climate Initiative®

Building on our record of environmental responsibility and sustainability leadership, NJR has launched its Coastal Climate Initiative, which helps fight climate change in the communities we serve.

Through this program, we’re supporting the mission of The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey, an environmental nonprofit with over 60 years of experience working to protect water and lands in New Jersey, to restore saltwater tidal wetlands in the Barnegat Bay.

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Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency is one of the most important decarbonization tools we have to engage customers with solutions that lower emissions, save energy, lower their energy bills and reduce emissions.

Created in 2009, NJNG's energy-efficiency programs, known as SAVEGREEN,have provided some of the most effective and successful energy saving programs in the state, including rebates, financing options and grants for high-efficiency equipment upgrades.

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Conserve to Preserve®

Through Conserve to Preserve our commitment to environmental stewardship — we offer customers tools and resources to make wise energy decisions that help save energy and money and protect our environment.

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SAVEGREEN™

NJNG's energy-efficiency programs, known as SAVEGREEN, have provided some of the most effective and successful energy-saving programs in the state, including rebates, financing options and grants for high-efficiency equipment upgrades.

In fiscal 2023, NJNG invested $60 million – the largest annual investment in energy efficiency in the company’s history in a variety of programs to support the installation of new and efficient equipment, resulting in annual energy savings of 4.7 million therms or over 25,000 metric tons of CO2.

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