Co-owners of New Jersey nuclear plants donated $37K to Murphy as BPU weighed subsidies

By POLITICO’s Sam Sutton

Five months before Exelon was awarded nearly $1 billion in subsidies to keep its South Jersey nuclear power plants afloat, more than two dozen company executives and employees donated more than $37,000 to Gov. Phil Murphy’s reelection campaign.

The contributions, which ranged from $500 to $4,800 and included employees from Exelon as well as subsidiaries Pepco and Atlantic City Electric, were made between Dec. 4 and Dec. 9, 2020, according to filings with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.

Most of the donors live out of state and most had never before contributed to a New Jersey campaign.

The contributions were made through a virtual fundraising event for the governor in December.

In a statement, Exelon spokesperson Bill Gibbons said that Murphy “shares many of our priorities with respect to addressing the climate crisis.”

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