Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee Statement, No. 5901 (November 24, 2025)

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Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee statement to Assembly, No. 5901, State of New Jersey, dated November 24, 2025. The committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 5901, which would authorize, in limited circumstances, energy project transmission and distribution components, facilities and equipment on preserved farmland if the owner has granted rights or approved them and the components are within a right-of-way not to exceed fifty feet in width. For uses not consistent with the bill, an application to the State Agricultural Development Committee would be required, and that committee would have 90 days from receipt to approve, disapprove, or approve with conditions.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
           AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

                          STATEMENT TO

                     ASSEMBLY, No. 5901

       STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                        DATED: NOVEMBER 24, 2025

          The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and
      Agriculture Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 5901.
          This bill would amend current law to authorize, in limited
      circumstances, the construction, installation, and operation of
      energy project transmission and distribution components, facilities,
      structures, equipment, and improvements on preserved farmland.
         Under the bill, a person or entity would be authorized to
      construct, install, or operate energy project transmission and
      distribution components, facilities, structures, equipment, and
      improvements on preserved farmland, so long as: (1) the owner of
      the preserved farmland has granted rights or otherwise approved
      such components, facilities, equipment and improvements; (2)
      generating facilities are not located on the farm and the facilities are
      to be limited to those associated with the transmission and
      distribution of energy, along with access to such facilities; (3) the
      components, facilities, structures, and equipment for any single
      project are located within a right-of-way not to exceed fifty feet in
      width located as close as reasonably practical, based on applicable
      constraints, to the edge of the preserved portion of the farm and are
      installed in a manner subject to the limitations outlined in the bill;
      and (4) any improvements or use, including roadway improvements,
      that require access outside of the right-of-way are limited to an
      additional right-of-way not to exceed fifty feet in width and are
      allowed only when no other access route is reasonably practical.
         Any use of preserved farmland that is consistent with the bill’s
      provisions would be automatically allowed without approval
      required from the State Agricultural Development Committee
      (committee). However, for any use of preserved farmland that is
      associated with energy project transmission or distribution, but that
      is not consistent with the bill’s provisions, the person or entity
      would be required to submit an application to the committee to seek
      approval before constructing, installing, and operating any energy
      project components, facilities, structures, or equipment on the farm.
         The committee would be required to provide the holder of any
      development easement on the farm with a copy of the application,
      and the holder of the development easement would have 30 days to
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provide comments to the committee on the application. The
committee would be required, within 90 days of receipt, to approve,
disapprove, or approve with conditions the application. The
committee may suspend or revoke an approval issued for a violation
of any term or condition of the approval or any of the bill’s
provisions.


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