A 235 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires electric public utilities to establish toll-free telephone number to be used by public for reporting damaged equipment and dangerous vegetation.

This bill requires New Jersey's investor-owned electric utilities to create and maintain a toll-free phone number for the public to report two specific safety issues: damaged distribution infrastructure (like broken power lines or poles) and dangerous vegetation (such as trees touching power lines). Utilities must include this number and a brief explanation on every customer's bill and prominently on their website homepage. The bill defines "distribution infrastructure" as the grid components between substations and customers (excluding the final connection to individual homes) and "dangerous vegetation" as any plant matter interfering with that infrastructure. It takes effect immediately but has a 60-day delay for implementation after enactment.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
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