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Bill Text

A4509 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4509 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 9, 2026

Sponsored by:

sAssemblyman� ALEX SAUICKIE

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires electric public utilities to provide 
industrial portable power stations accessible to customers during certain power 
outages. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act requiring electric public utilities to provide certain 
equipment during power outages and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised 
Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this 
section:� 

���� �Affected area� means the 
entire geographic area that has lost electrical service due to a power outage 
lasting six or more hours.

���� �Electric public utility� means 
a public utility, as that term is defined in R.S.48:2-13, that transmits and 
distributes electricity to end users within this State.

���� �Industrial portable power 
station� means a large-scale high-energy-density lithium-ion battery that can 
be used to charge external devices.

���� b.��� In the event of a power 
outage lasting for six or more hours, the electric public utility responsible 
for providing the interrupted service shall provide industrial portable power 
stations to the affected area.� The electric public utility shall provide one 
industrial portable power station for every 20 square miles affected by the 
power outage.

���� c.���� The electric public 
utility shall provide the industrial portable power stations by the end of the 
sixth hour of the power outage and shall provide the industrial portable power 
stations in central locations that are accessible to customers within the affected 
area.� The location of each industrial portable power station shall be 
published on the electric public utility�s Internet website within one hour of 
providing the industrial portable power station.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires electric 
public utilities to provide industrial portable power stations during power 
outages that last six or more hours to the customers affected by the power 
outage.� The electric public utility responsible for providing the interrupted 
service is required to provide the industrial portable power stations by the 
end of the sixth hour of the power outage.� The electric public utility is 
required to provide one industrial portable power station for every 20 square miles 
affected by the power outage. �The industrial portable power stations are 
required to be provided in central locations that are accessible to customers 
affected by the power outage.� The bill requires the location of each 
industrial portable power station to be published on the electric public 
utility�s Internet website within one hour of placement.