New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill delivers remarks at her election night watch party in East Brunswick, N.J., on Nov. 4, 2025. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed legislation Wednesday that ended a 40-year moratorium on building nuclear energy plants.
Nuclear power accounted for 52.7 percent of New Jersey’s electricity generation in 2024, the largest share of any energy source, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Natural gas accounted for 45.5 percent, and renewable energy was 1.8 percent. The state has two operating nuclear power plants and one that has been shut down and is being decommissioned.
