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NJ A4504
Bill
Status
3/9/2026
Primary Sponsor
Alex Sauickie
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AI Summary
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Electric public utilities must publish power outage information on their websites including: geographic area affected, outage start time, number of customers impacted, total ongoing outages statewide, estimated restoration time, and cause once determined.
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Utilities must regularly update the outage information on their websites until service is fully restored.
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Within 30 days of restoring power after an outage, utilities must report all published outage information to the Board of Public Utilities.
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The bill codifies practices many utilities already follow voluntarily, ensuring the information cannot be removed at the utility's discretion.
Legislative Description
Requires electric public utilities to report certain information concerning power outages on their Internet website and to BPU.
Telecommunications and Utilities
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
3/9/2026