Pseg Marks 775 Trees, 325 Acres In Earth Day Push
pseg said it will plant 775 trees in 2025 while expanding habitat work across 325 acres and reaching nearly 480,000 customers through energy-efficiency programs. The Earth Day update ties those projects to the utility’s New Jersey service area, where the company says the work sits alongside reliable power and lower household energy use.
Rick Thigpen, senior vice president for corporate citizenship, said: “As we recognize Earth Day, we're reminded that caring for the environment is core to the success of our business.” For customers, the most immediate effect is not a slogan but scale: tree planting, wildlife habitat, and efficiency incentives are being rolled into one annual operating plan.
New Jersey habitat on 325 acres
51 pollinator habitat enhancement sites totaling approximately 325 acres are part of the 2025 plan, along with native pollinator seeding across 77 acres and 1,900 milkweed plants for monarch butterflies and local ecosystems. pseg also said it provides stewardship of the Merrill Creek Reservoir and the estuarial regions of South Jersey and Delaware, a reminder that the company’s environmental work extends beyond its power lines and customer bills.
95 percent is the drop pseg said it has achieved in Scope 1 and 2 operational emissions from the 2005 baseline. In utility terms, that means the company is leaning more heavily on lower-carbon operations while still serving approximately 2.4 million electric customers and 1.9 million natural gas customers in New Jersey.
Energy savings for 480,000 customers
Nearly 480,000 customers took part in Clean Energy Future - Energy Efficiency programs, which pseg said delivered more than $900 million in annual customer savings. That combination makes the program the part of the announcement most directly felt on household and business bills: the company is pairing environmental messaging with a line item that can lower energy costs.
3,758 MW of carbon-free, baseload nuclear power generating units in New Jersey and Pennsylvania sit behind the company’s broader environmental claims, and pseg 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. Rick Thigpen said, “Whether we're reducing emissions, protecting wildlife habitats or helping customers lower their energy use through our energy efficiency programs, our environmental stewardship efforts are rooted in our responsibility to the communities we serve.”
Why the 2025 plan matters
2026 brought recognition too: pseg was named one of Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies for 2026 and ranked among the top 10 organizations nationwide, while also being honored as a 2026 Industry Leader by JUST Capital. Those awards do not change the day-to-day math for a household in New Jersey, but they track with the company’s effort to present environmental spending, emissions cuts, and customer savings as one operating story.
775 trees, 325 acres, and nearly 480,000 customers are the numbers to watch in pseg’s 2025 environmental program. For readers in the service territory, the practical takeaway is simple: the company is linking habitat restoration and emissions cuts to an energy-efficiency push that can reach the bill as well as the landscape.
