“Toxic”

New Ad from NJ Coalition for Fair Energy Highlights Tax Hike Sought by PSEG to Pay for Massive Bailout

Trenton, NJ – The NJ Coalition for Fair Energy today released its latest ad in opposition to a bailout for PSEG’s Hope Creek and Salem nuclear plants. The spot, titled “Toxic,” takes aim at legislation (S. 2313 and A. 3724) which would impose a tax hike on New Jersey ratepayers to give the plants a bailout worth over $300 million per year.

To see the ad, click here.

For a transcript of the ad, see below:

[Air raid sirens]

Narrator: It’s toxic for New Jersey…

Narrator: PSE&G wants to raise electric rates for New Jersey families and businesses, just so PSE&G can get a three hundred million dollar a year bailout they don’t even need…

Narrator: PSE&G already makes a profit, and just got a $650 million dollar tax break from Donald Trump…

Narrator: With New Jersey already paying some of the highest utility rates in the country, this bailout for PSE&G is toxic…

Narrator: Tell your legislator to stop the PSE&G energy tax.

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