Requires public utilities to provide customers notice of request for increase in rates; revises requirements related to hearings on proposed rate increases.

S 1845 requires New Jersey electric, gas, water, and sewer utilities to notify customers directly about public hearings on proposed rate increases. Utilities must include clear notice in customer bills or electronic statements and publish it in local newspapers serving each county. The bill also revises hearing locations to be held in the largest-population municipality affected in each county, and mandates that the Board of Public Utilities must address public questions and comments during these hearings. This directly affects utility customers and the rate-setting process for regulated public utilities.