PSEG marked Earth Day on April 30, 2026, with a rundown of environmental work it says is central to how it serves New Jersey. The company said it aims to deliver safe, reliable energy while being thoughtful about how it shows up in the state.
Rick Thigpen said caring for the environment is core to the success of PSEG’s business. He said the company’s stewardship efforts are rooted in its responsibility to the communities it serves, including work to reduce emissions, protect wildlife habitats and help customers use less energy.
The company said it plans to plant 775 trees through its Vegetation Management program in 2025, manage 51 pollinator habitat enhancement sites covering about 325 acres, conduct native pollinator seeding across 77 acres and plant 1,900 milkweed plants. PSEG also said nearly 480,000 customers are participating in its Clean Energy Future - Energy Efficiency programs, which it said deliver more than $900 million in annual customer savings.
PSEG tied those efforts to a larger emissions picture, saying it has already achieved a 95 percent reduction in Scope 1 and 2 operational emissions from its 2005 baseline. The company also said its nuclear plants produce more than 80 percent of New Jersey’s carbon-free electricity and 40 percent of all electricity generated in the state.
The Earth Day message lands as PSEG continues to present itself as a major piece of New Jersey’s utility backbone. It serves about 2.4 million electric customers and 1.9 million natural gas customers in the state and owns an independent fleet of 3,758 MW of carbon-free, baseload nuclear power generating units in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
That scale matters because the company’s environmental claims sit alongside a broad operating footprint and a regulated business model. PSEG said earlier strategic steps included retiring older fossil generation, divesting remaining fossil assets, modernizing the gas system, upgrading equipment and improving efficiency across facilities. It also said it provides stewardship of the Merrill Creek Reservoir and the estuarial regions of South Jersey and Delaware.
The timing also gives the company a chance to point to third-party recognition. PSEG said it was recently named one of Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2026 and honored as a 2026 Industry Leader by JUST Capital. The message leaves the same larger point in place: the company wants its environmental record to be read not as a side project, but as part of the business itself.
