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NJ S3152

Bill

Status

Engrossed

12/19/2024

Primary Sponsor

Teresa Ruiz

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Origin

Senate

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Telecommunications and Utilities12/19/2024
Budget and Appropriations5/16/2024
Economic Growth5/6/2024

Full Bill Text

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