The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on Tuesday issued a request for information to explore whether new nuclear power plants could advance the state’s goals on electricity affordability, resource adequacy and clean energy.

The RFI comes as modeling for New Jersey’s upcoming Energy Master Plan indicates New Jersey will need up to 10 GW of clean, firm capacity to maintain system reliability after 2035, partly in response to growing data center demand forecasts, the BPU said. New Jersey aims to have 100% clean electricity by 2035.