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NJ S274
Bill
Status
1/9/2024
Primary Sponsor
Brian Stack
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AI Summary
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Electric, gas, and water public utilities must develop and implement a plan to notify customers who opt into receiving notifications about service outages lasting one hour or longer
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Notifications must be provided in a format requested by the customer, including autodialed telephone calls, text messages, or electronic mail alerts
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Required notification information includes the location and estimated length of the outage, contact information for the utility and emergency services, instructions for reporting related problems, and relevant updates as the situation progresses
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The Office of Emergency Management, Division of State Police, and other appropriate government entities may disseminate the outage information provided by utilities
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The law takes effect 180 days after enactment
Legislative Description
Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to provide certain notifications to customers concerning certain service outages.
2nd Reading in the Senate
Last Action
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
5/16/2024