New Jersey A 2849: Permits electric public utilities, electric power suppliers, and basic generation service providers to enter into certain agreements with building owners for use of solar electric systems at owners; buildings.

Bill Text

A2849 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2849 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman BRIAN E. RUMPF

District 9 (Ocean)

Assemblyman GREGORY E. MYHRE

District 9 (Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Auth

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits electric public utilities from billing 
customers for certain services during service interruptions and requires repair 
of certain street lights.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning electric public utilities 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:� 

���� �Board� means the New Jersey 
Board of Public Utilities or a successor agency.� 

���� �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 the State.� 

���� �Service interruption� means 
the cessation of electric service to a customer of an electric public utility.� 

���� b.��� Notwithstanding any law, 
rule, regulation, or order to the contrary:� 

���� (1) an electric public utility 
shall not charge a customer for the usage or provision of electricity during a 
service interruption; and

���� (2) for each billing cycle in 
which one or more service interruptions occur, an electric public utility shall 
reduce the amount of any fixed charges, which charges are not tied to a 
customer�s electricity usage, on a customer�s monthly bill by an amount proportionate 
to the length of time that a customer was without electric service due to a 
service interruption.� 

���� c.���� An electric public 
utility shall repair any damaged or otherwise defective street lights that are 
under the jurisdiction of or otherwise maintained by the electric public 
utility within 10 business days of the utility receiving notice that a street 
light has been damaged or is otherwise defective.� Until a street light has 
been repaired, an electric public utility shall not charge a customer for the 
usage or provision of electricity to that street light or for any fixed charges 
associated with the street light.� 

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits an 
electric public utility from charging a customer for the usage or provision of 
electricity during a service interruption.� In addition, the bill requires an 
electric public utility, for each billing cycle in which a service interruption 
occurs, to reduce the amount of any fixed charges, which charges are not tied 
to a customer�s electricity usage, on a customer�s monthly bill by an amount 
proportionate to the length of time that a customer was without electric 
service due to a service interruption.� Under the bill, �service interruption� 
means the cessation of electricity service to a customer of an electric public 
utility.� 

���� In addition, the bill requires 
an electric public utility to repair any damaged or otherwise defective street 
lights that are under the utility�s jurisdiction or otherwise maintained by the 
utility within 10 business days of the utility receiving notice that a street 
light has been damaged or is otherwise defective.� Under the bill, an electric 
public utility is prohibited from charging a customer for electric service to 
the street light until the repair has been completed.�