Gov. Phil Murphy entered office in 2018 determined to make New Jersey a national leader in offshore wind. He signed executive orders, raised targets to 7,500 megawatts by 2035 and later 11 gigawatts by 2040, and poured resources into ports and supply chains. Yet as he prepares to leave office, not a single turbine spins in state waters. The ambitious program has unraveled. Projects collapsed. Costs soared. Federal policy shifted sharply against development. And now the state has hit pause. But the story doesn’t end with Murphy. His successor, Gov. Mikie Sherrill, faces a different pressure. Electricity rates keep climbing. Data centers hungry for power to run artificial intelligence threaten to push residential bills even higher. Sherrill’s new plan aims to stop everyday New Jerseyans from subsidizing those massive energy users. The contrast could not be starker. One governor chased green manufacturing dreams that faded. The next seeks to shield ratepayers from the next wave of demand growth.…