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- Natural gas and nuclear energy together have fueled more than 90% of the New Jersey's total electricity generation in every year since 2011. In 2022, natural gas accounted for about 49% of New Jersey’s total electricity generation and nuclear power provided almost 42%.
- In 2022, New Jersey was the nation's 10th-largest producer of electricity from solar energy and ranked fifth in small-scale solar power generation. Overall, solar energy accounted for nearly 7% of New Jersey's total in-state electricity generation in 2022.
- New Jersey has a goal of obtaining 7,500 megawatts of offshore wind power capacity by 2035 and 11,000 megawatts by 2040.
- About 73% of New Jersey households rely on natural gas as their primary heating fuel, 16% use electricity for space heating, and about 9% use petroleum products. The rest use other fuels, including wood and solar energy.
- New Jersey is the 13th-largest petroleum-consuming state but is the 10th-smallest in per capita petroleum use.
Last Updated: December 21, 2023