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NJ S3152
Bill
Status
12/19/2024
Primary Sponsor
Teresa Ruiz
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Community Affairs, Department of Human Services, Board of Public Utilities, and other State agencies to maintain updated public information about utility assistance programs including the Winter Termination Program, Universal Service Fund, and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
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Mandates local authorities, municipal utilities, public utilities, and rural electric cooperatives to prominently display utility assistance information on customer bills, in communications about overdue bills, and on their websites
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Establishes compliance standards for bills and communications, requiring information in English and the most common non-English language spoken by 10% or more of the population in the customer's municipality
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Requires utilities to include notices of residential customer rights under the Winter Termination Program with any discontinuance notices sent between November 15 and March 15
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Repeals P.L.2021, c.97, which established notification requirements for public and local utilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Legislative Description
Concerns notification requirements for certain utility assistance programs; repeals law establishing notification requirements for public and local utilities during coronavirus 2019 pandemic.
Telecommunications and Utilities
Last Action
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
12/19/2024