• Knowledgable and local Account Manager • Over 150 years of energy experience • Tailored advice from market experts • Pricing programs that fit your needs • Outstanding Customer Care Member benefits: Call today for your free, no-obligation natural gas or power quote! Gail Caputi, Program Manager 609.760.2043 | gcaputi@njcar.org Peter Jagodzinski, Account Manager pjagodzinski@spragueenergy.com | 732.440.0038 Customized Natural Gas & Power Solutions Take Advantage of your membership benefits would suggest that big decisions like this should be made by the elected members of the New Jersey Legislature, not a lame-duck governor or his political appointees. The regulations published in late August are now subject to a 60-day public comment period that runs through late October. The Governor’s plan is to have these regulations in place before the end of the year, which would put us on track to be a 35% EV market by 2027. These percentages ramp up quickly to 100% by 2035. I don’t think there is anyone in this room that believes that’s a realistic time frame. How about we get to a 20% or 30% EV market before we start talking about 100%? Simply put, New Jersey will be a 100% EV market when consumers say they want it, not when government officials mandate it. NJ CAR is working hard to persuade the DEP to back off, and if they don’t, we’re asking the legislature to take the wheel and steer EV policy back onto the right road. Every dealer should be asking every one of their employees to contact their local legislators to have them ask the DEP to rethink the adoption of ACCII. The Coalition has made it incredibly easy with the creation of the NJ CARPOOL grassroots political action network. If you haven’t already done so, contact Anne Smith at asmith@njcar.org, and she’ll take care of enrolling your employees in the network. I also encourage every dealer to contribute as much as they are comfortable (and legally allowed) to CAR-PAC, NJ CAR’s political action committee. The money we raise for CAR-PAC goes to support candidates for the State Assembly and Senate who will eventually — one way or the other — have the final say on EV policy in this state. SIMPLY PUT, NEW JERSEY WILL BE A 100% EV MARKET WHEN CONSUMERS SAY THEY WANT IT, NOT WHEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MANDATE IT. 11 new jersey auto retailer
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