A 4504 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Requires electric public utilities to report certain information concerning power outages on their Internet website and to BPU.

This bill requires New Jersey electric utilities to publicly report specific power outage details on their websites and to the Board of Public Utilities (BPU). Utilities must post real-time information including affected areas, outage start times, customer counts, ongoing outages statewide, estimated restoration times, and the outage cause once known. They must update this information regularly until power is restored and submit a summary to the BPU within 30 days after service returns. The bill directly affects all electric public utilities distributing power to end users in New Jersey.
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Mar 2026
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Introduced Mar 9, 2026 Last action Mar 9, 2026
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
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Alex Sauickie
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