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This bill expands eligibility for New Jersey's economic incentive programs to explicitly include fusion energy and fusion technology companies, ensuring they can receive the same financial benefits (such as grants, loans, tax credits, and other incentives) currently available to renewable energy and emerging technology businesses. The legislation directs the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to adopt rules, in consultation with the Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology and the Board of Public Utilities, that will treat fusion energy development as equivalent to renewable energy development for purposes of qualifying for state economic incentives. By specifically defining fusion energy companies as those headquartered or operating in New Jersey with proprietary intellectual property and skilled workers in the fusion field, the bill aims to attract and support the growing fusion energy industry in the state, though it explicitly excludes these companies from receiving ratepayer-funded Clean Energy Program incentives.