Briefs for property owners, facility managers, and general contractors working in northern New Jersey. Written by the people doing the work.
The NJEDA raised the Take Charge minimum grant to $100,000 and now requires solar panels or a battery system on site as part of the work. NJ Cool Phase 2 also wants the heating or cooling system replaced. Both programs are closed to applications right now, which is exactly the window to get the engineering done.
Read the briefUtility and state programs that pay for electrical infrastructure, and what it takes to actually collect.
PSE&G pays up to $1,500 toward the electrical work and Charge Up New Jersey pays up to $250 toward the charger. Here is the full application process for both, including the exact documents each program requires.
Read the briefUp to $40,000 of make-ready infrastructure cost removed from an EV charging project, paid as a credit on your utility bill. What the program covers, what it does not, and who qualifies.
Read the briefHow work gets done inside buildings that cannot stop operating, and what an owner should expect from a contractor.
The discipline required to run electrical work inside a building that never stops operating. Written from healthcare, and it applies to every occupied facility we enter.
Read the briefWhy a maintenance program is a loss-avoidance program, and what a facility owner should expect an electrical contractor to actually inspect.
Read the briefStandby generation, EV charging, and the site electrical work that supports them.
Sizing, siting, fuel, transfer equipment, permits and inspection for standby generators in Bergen County, from a contractor who installs them.
Read the briefHow exterior lighting layout and camera placement work together, and the electrical groundwork that keeps a security package reliable.
Read the briefWhere EV adoption puts the electrical trade, and why building owners, developers and planners are as central to charging infrastructure as the utilities are.
Read the briefBids, budgets, value-engineering reviews, and service calls all start the same way: a short conversation with the person who will actually run the work.