Requires BPU to report societal benefits charge revenues and expenditures to Governor and Legislature.*

This bill (A5959) requires the Governor's annual budget message to include a detailed report on revenues and expenditures from New Jersey's "societal benefits charge" - a fee embedded in electricity and gas bills. The report must show, for each of the five most recent and current fiscal years, how much money was collected and how it was allocated to specific programs: energy efficiency initiatives, the Universal Services Fund (which supports low-income energy assistance), and plug-in electric vehicle incentives. It mandates itemized spending data for each program category, including amounts committed and actually spent. This change aims to increase transparency about how utility bill fees fund public programs, directly affecting the Governor's reporting obligations and providing clearer public information.