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Bill Text

A671 

ASSEMBLY, No. 671 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman PAUL KANITRA

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires electric public utility to install and 
operate smart meters and smart meter technology at customers' premises upon 
request and in new building construction.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning certain electric public utility metering equipment 
and technology and supplementing Title 48 
of the Revised Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� As used in P.L.��� , 
c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):

���� �Board� means the Board of 
Public Utilities or any successor agency.

���� �Customer� means any person 
that is an end user and is connected to any part of the transmission and 
distribution system within an electric public utility's service territory 
within this State.

���� �Electric power supplier� shall 
have the same meaning as provided in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51).

���� �Electric public utility� or 
�utility� means a public utility, as that term is defined in R.S.48:2-13, that 
provides electric distribution service to customers in this State.

���� �Electric related service� shall 
have the same meaning as provided in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51).

���� �Smart meter� means an 
electric metering device that employs smart meter technology to measure and 
record electricity usage data to both an electric public utility and a customer 
for billing and other purposes.� �Smart meter� shall include a basic hourly 
interval meter, a meter with one-way communication, and a real-time meter with 
built-in two-way communication capable of recording and transmitting 
instantaneous electric usage data.

���� �Smart meter technology� means 
technology, including metering technology and network communications technology 
capable of bidirectional communication between an electric public utility and a 
customer, that records electricity usage on at least an hourly basis, including 
related electric distribution system upgrades to enable the technology.� �Smart 
meter technology� shall include technology that provides utility customers with 
direct access to, and use of, electricity price and consumption information.� 
�Smart meter technology� shall also include technology that:

���� a.���� directly provides 
utility customers with information on their hourly electricity usage;

���� b.��� enables time-of-use 
electric rates and real-time price programs;

���� c.���� effectively supports 
the automatic control of the customer�s electricity consumption by one or more 
of the following, as selected by the customer:

���� (1)�� the customer;

���� (2)�� the customer�s utility; 
or

���� (3)�� a third party engaged by 
the customer or the customer�s utility.

���� 2.��� a.� Within 90 days after 
the effective date of P.L.��� , 
c. (C. ) 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill), an electric public utility shall 
submit to the Board of Public Utilities, in a form and manner determined by the 
board, a proposed plan for the procurement and installation of smart meters and 
smart meter technology. �The board shall approve or modify a proposed smart 
meter plan within 180 days of plan submittal.� A proposed smart meter plan 
shall describe the smart meters and smart meter technology the utility intends 
to furnish and shall require the utility to furnish smart meters and smart 
meter technology, as follows:

���� (1)�� upon a request from a 
customer that agrees to pay the cost of the smart meter at the time of the 
request; or

���� (2)�� in new building 
construction.

���� b.��� A plan filed with the 
board, pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall include a provision 
that an electric public utility shall make available, with customer consent, 
direct smart meter access and electronic access to customer smart meter data to 
third parties, including electric power suppliers and providers of an 
electric-related service.

���� 3.��� a.� Within 24 months 
after the effective date of P.L.��� , c. (C.������� ) 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill), an electric public utility shall 
submit to the board one or more proposed time-of-use electric rates and real-time 
price plans for customers provided with smart meters and smart meter 
technology.� The board shall approve or modify the time-of-use rates and 
real-time price plan within 180 days of plan submittal.� A utility shall offer 
the time-of-use rates and real-time price plan to all customers that have been 
provided with smart meters and smart meter technology pursuant to P.L.��� , 
c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).� A 
residential or co