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NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-23.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-23.1 - Assessment, review of conveyances.

48:2-23.1 Assessment, review of conveyances.  4. a. The Board of Public Utilities, in reviewing a request by a public utility to convey land utilized for the purpose of the protection of a public water supply to a corporation or other entity which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the board, shall request the Department of Environmental Protection to review and make recommendations on an assessment, prepared and submitted by the utility, of the impact that the conveyance, and the prospective use or uses of the land conveyed, would have on the water quality of the affected public water supply, and shall require the department to assess the impact of the conveyance on the State's open space, conservation, and recreation requirements. The department, upon receipt of a request by the board for an assessment and a review pursuant to this subsection, shall prepare and submit to the board the assessment and review within 12 months of the request therefor. b. Any public utility requesting the board to approve a conveyance of land utilized for the purpose of the protection of a public water supply to a corporation or other entity which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the board shall submit to the board a document setting forth a detailed explanation of the prospective use or uses of the land to be conveyed. The board, not later than the 75th day following receipt of this document, may require the public utility to submit any additional information which the board deems appropriate. c. The board, upon receiving the review and recommendations from the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of this section, shall issue an order, in writing, of its decision within 180 days after receiving such review and recommendations; provided, however, that if the board determines that its decision on any such petition cannot be resolved within 180 days due to circumstances beyond the control of the board, the board shall issue an order, in writing, of its decision within 270 days after receiving such petition deemed by the board to be complete for review. L.1988, c.163, s.4; amended 2012, c.64, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-23.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-23.2 - Sale of real property owned by public utility; deadline for decision by BPU provided.

48:2-23.2 Sale of real property owned by public utility; deadline for decision by BPU provided.  1. Except as provided in section 4 of P.L.1988, c.163 (C.48:2-23.1), when a public utility petitions the Board of Public Utilities to approve the sale of any real property owned by the public utility, the board shall issue an order, in writing, of its decision within 180 days after receiving a petition deemed by the board to be complete for review; provided, however, that if the board determines that its decision on any such petition cannot be resolved within 180 days due to circumstances beyond the control of the board, the board shall issue an order, in writing, of its decision within 270 days after receiving such petition deemed by the board to be complete for review. The board, not later than the 75th day after receipt of a petition pursuant to this section, may require the public utility to submit any additional information which the board deems necessary in order to declare the petition complete for review. The time periods established by this section may be extended upon the mutual consent of the public utility and the board. L.2012, c.64, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-24 - Discontinuance of service; permission; resumption of service

48:2-24. Discontinuance of service; permission; resumption of service  No public utility shall discontinue, curtail or abandon any service without obtaining permission from the board after notice. The board may withhold permission until after hearing to determine if the discontinuance, curtailment or abandonment will adversely affect public convenience and necessity. With respect to common carriers the provisions of this paragraph shall apply only to service operated in accordance with base schedules on file with the board; provided, however, that the State Highway Commissioner upon entering into a contract for passenger service pursuant to chapter 66 of the laws of 1960, as amended and supplemented, may, without approval of the board, authorize a discontinuance, curtailment, abandonment or change in passenger service, which discontinuance, curtailment, abandonment or change in service shall exist only during the term of said contract. A public utility may terminate service for a violation of the terms of its approved tariffs on file with the Board of Public Utility Commissioners upon giving the customer at least 3 days' notice of such termination unless otherwise provided for by rules, regulations or orders of the board, except that in those situations where a hazardous condition prevails the utility may terminate service without notice. If any public utility shall discontinue, curtail or abandon service and the board after hearing upon notice shall find and determine that service should be resumed, the board may order that service be resumed forthwith or on such date as it may fix. Amended by L.1959, c. 55, p. 163, s. 1; L.1962, c. 198, s. 16; L.1964, c. 58, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-24.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-24.1 - Ratification of unauthorized discontinuance

48:2-24.1. Ratification of unauthorized discontinuance  Any discontinuance, curtailment, abandonment or change in passenger service heretofore authorized by the State Highway Commissioner without approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners which would have been authorized under the provisions of section 1 of this act is hereby ratified and confirmed and from the effective date of this act shall be subject to the provisions of this act. L.1964, c. 58, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-24.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-24.2 - Notice of certain utility service discontinuance to chief law enforcement officer.

48:2-24.2 Notice of certain utility service discontinuance to chief law enforcement officer.  1. a. Any public utility as defined in R.S.48:2-13, which discontinues gas, electric or water service to a multifamily housing unit customer for safety related purposes, shall provide written or verbal notice of the discontinuance to the chief law enforcement officer of the municipality in which the customer's premises are located or the Superintendent of the State Police, as appropriate, within 12 hours after the utility discontinues service to the customer, except that if service has been fully restored to the customer prior to the expiration of the 12 hours, the utility shall not be required to provide notice pursuant to this subsection. For the purposes of this section, "multifamily housing unit customer" means a customer who resides in housing in which three or more units of dwelling space are occupied, or are intended to be occupied, by three or more persons who live independently of one another. b. The notice required by subsection a. of this section shall include the name of the customer and the address of the premises where service was discontinued provided that such information is available to the public utility. L.2002,c.107,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-25 - Standards, classifications and measurements of service

48:2-25. Standards, classifications and measurements of service  The board may, after hearing, by order in writing: a. Fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurements or service to be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed thereafter by any public utility; b. Fix adequate and serviceable standards for the measurement of quantity, quality, pressure, initial voltage or other condition pertaining to the supply of the product or service rendered by a public utility, and prescribe reasonable regulations for examination and test of the product or service and for the measurement thereof; c. Establish reasonable rules, regulations, specifications and standards, to secure the accuracy of all meters and appliances for measurements.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-25.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-25.1 - Determining and fixing time for supplying products or services or for installation of facilities or equipment

48:2-25.1. Determining and fixing time for supplying products or services or for installation of facilities or equipment  The board may, in any order approving the supplying of any product or service or the installation of any facilities or equipment by any public utility or requiring any public utility so to do, determine and fix the time within which such product or service shall be supplied or such facilities or equipment shall be installed and may provide in any order granting such approval that the approval thereof shall be subject to such condition. L.1962, c. 198, s. 33.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-26 - Maintenance of junction points and connections

48:2-26. Maintenance of junction points and connections  The board may, after hearing, upon notice, by order in writing: a. Direct any railroad, street railway or traction company to establish and maintain at any junction or point of connection or intersection with any other line of said road, or with any line of any other railroad, street railway, or traction company, such just and reasonable connections as shall be necessary to promote the convenience of passengers or shippers of property; b. Direct any railroad, street railway or traction company engaged in carrying merchandise to construct, maintain and operate, upon reasonable terms, a switch connection with any private side track which may be constructed by any shipper to connect with the railroad or street railway where, in the judgment of the board, such connection is reasonable and practicable and can be put in with safety and will furnish sufficient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-27 - Extension of facilities

48:2-27. Extension of facilities  The board may, after hearing, upon notice, by order in writing, require any public utility to establish, construct, maintain and operate any reasonable extension of its existing facilities where, in the judgment of the board, the extension is reasonable and practicable and will furnish sufficient business to justify the construction and maintenance of the same and when the financial condition of the public utility reasonably warrants the original expenditure required in making and operating the extension.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-28 - New grade crossings; approval of board

48:2-28. New grade crossings; approval of board  No highway shall be constructed across the tracks of any railroad company at grade, nor shall any track over which locomotives, railroad or street railway cars are to pass be laid across any highway, so as to make a new crossing at grade, nor shall the tracks of any railroad, street railway or traction company be laid across the tracks of any other such company without first obtaining permission from the board. This section shall not apply to the replacement of lawfully existing tracks.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29 - Protection at grade crossings

48:2-29. Protection at grade crossings  Whenever it shall appear to the board that a public highway and a railroad or a street railway, or that a railroad and a street railway, cross one another at the same level and that conditions at such grade crossing make it necessary that gates be erected or that some other reasonable provision for the protection of the traveling public be adopted, the board may order the railroad or street railway company or both, to install such protective device or adopt such other reasonable provision for the protection of the traveling public at the crossing as in the discretion of the board shall be necessary.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.1 - Prohibit payment of dividends except from surplus or net profits

48:2-29.1. Prohibit payment of dividends except from surplus or net profits  The board may, after hearing upon notice, by order in writing, prohibit any public utility from paying dividends except from surplus or net profits as permitted by the law of this state and require any public utility to comply with the law of this state with respect to the payment of dividends.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.2 - Prohibit or limit payment of dividends by utility failing to comply with board's order

48:2-29.2. Prohibit or limit payment of dividends by utility failing to comply with board's order  The board may, after hearing, upon notice, by order in writing, prohibit or limit the payment of dividends by a public utility if the board, after such hearing, finds and determines that such public utility fails to comply with any order of the board ascertaining, determining and fixing reasonably adequate working capital or rates of depreciation or with any order requiring such public utility by adequate maintenance to keep its property and equipment in condition to furnish safe, adequate, and proper service. Every order so made by the board shall continue in effect until the board by its order in writing determines that the conditions on the existence of which the making of the order was based have been corrected. Amended by L.1962, c. 198, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.3 - Discontinuance of surcharge

48:2-29.3. Discontinuance of surcharge  Whenever any public utility shall heretofore have been or shall hereafter be authorized by the board to collect a surcharge to raise a definite amount of money or for a specified purpose and the board, after hearing upon notice, shall determine that the amount authorized has been collected, or that the specified purpose has been accomplished, the board is hereby empowered to require by an order in writing the immediate discontinuance of such surcharge.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.4 - Repayment of excess surcharge

48:2-29.4. Repayment of excess surcharge  Whenever after hearing upon notice the board shall determine that any public utility has collected by means of a surcharge an amount of money exceeding the authorized amount or has continued to collect a surcharge after the specified purpose for which it was authorized has been accomplished, the board may require such public utility by an order in writing to repay the excess so collected to those from whom the same was collected.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.5 - Regulating deposits by customers to secure payment for services; interest on deposits

48:2-29.5. Regulating deposits by customers to secure payment for services; interest on deposits  The board may adopt rules and regulations prescribing the terms and conditions under which public utilities may require the deposit of moneys to secure the payment by customers of such sums as may become due for services to be rendered and the conditions under which repayment of moneys deposited for such purpose shall be made. The board may adopt rules and regulations prescribing the rate of interest that shall be credited or paid on moneys so deposited.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.15 - Establishment of lifeline credit program

48:2-29.15. Establishment of lifeline credit program  The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services shall administer a program which shall be known as the "Lifeline Credit Program." L.1979, c. 197, s. 1, eff. Sept. 18, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 92, s. 2, eff. Aug. 26, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.16 - Eligibility for Lifeline Credit Program

48:2-29.16. Eligibility for Lifeline Credit Program  Any residential electric or gas customer who on July 1 of any year or at any time during the succeeding six months is: a. enrolled in, found eligible for, or, except for the provisions of section 4 of P.L. 1975, c. 194 (C. 30:4D-23), would be eligible for benefits under the program of "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled," established pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 194 (C. 30:4D-20 et seq.), as amended and supplemented; or b. receiving or is eligible to receive benefits under the program of Supplemental Security Income (P.L. 1973, c. 256, C. 44:7-85 et seq.); or c. receiving disability benefits pursuant to the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. s. 416(i)) and meets the income and residency requirements of the "Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled" program, shall be eligible for the "Lifeline Credit Program" established by this act.  The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services shall establish a schedule of eligible customers who meet such qualifications.  L. 1979, c. 197, s. 2, eff. Sept. 18, 1979. Amended by L. 1980, c. 92, s. 3, eff. Aug. 26, 1980; L. 1985, c. 291, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.16a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.16a - "Lifeline Credit Program," notification as to error in estimated annual income.

48:2-29.16a "Lifeline Credit Program," notification as to error in estimated annual income.  4. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a recipient of benefits under the "Lifeline Credit Program," established pursuant to P.L.1979, c.197 (C.48:2-29.15 et seq.), shall notify the Department of Human Services if the recipient unintentionally errs in estimating annual income to determine eligibility for the program due to an unanticipated payment which would render the recipient ineligible for the program. Notification to the department shall be made in the time and manner prescribed by the department office. b. If the department determines that the payment was unanticipated, the recipient shall reimburse the program for only those benefits that were paid by the program after the recipient received the unanticipated payment. c. If the department determines that the payment was not unanticipated, the recipient shall reimburse the program for all benefits that were paid by the program in the calendar year in which the payment was received. d. Within 30 days of receipt of a determination by the department that the payment was not unanticipated, a recipient may request a hearing, which shall be conducted pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). e. Nothing in this section shall preclude a recipient from reapplying for benefits in the calendar year following the year in which the recipient notified the department pursuant to subsection a. of this section. L.2003, c.281, s.4; amended 2012, c.17, s.412.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.17 - Credit against electric or gas utility bills

48:2-29.17. Credit against electric or gas utility bills  The "Lifeline Credit Program" shall consist of an annual credit against the electric or gas utility bill of each eligible residential electric or gas customer at his principal residence. Such credit shall be applied to the electric or gas utility bills of such customer as soon as may be practicable, but in no case later than the bills issued in October of each year or as soon thereafter as eligibility is determined, and shall be applied to each subsequent utility bill after the first until the full amount of the credit is exhausted. No household shall receive more than one annual credit. In the event that electric and gas are provided to the same customer by the same utility, the total annual credit shall be applied to the combined bills from such utility. In the event that electric and gas are provided to the same customer by two separate utilities, half of the total annual credit shall be applied to the bills from each such utility. The annual credit shall be $200.00. Subject to the availability of appropriations, the level of credit shall be increased to $225.00 beginning in October, 1984. L.1979, c. 197, s. 3, eff. Sept. 18, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 92, s. 4, eff. Aug. 26, 1980; L.1981, c. 292, s. 1; L.1982, c. 140, s. 1; L.1983, c. 251, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.18 - State payments to utilities for amount of credit; schedule; return of payments for unused credit; special state utility supplement to supplementary security income program

48:2-29.18. State payments to utilities for amount of credit; schedule; return of payments for unused credit; special state utility supplement to supplementary security income program  Upon certification by the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, the State Treasurer shall pay to each electric and gas utility the amount of the credit provided for each eligible residential customer served by such utility. The payments shall be made pursuant to a schedule approved by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting and payments made for unused credit shall be returned to the Casino Revenue Fund pursuant to a plan approved by him. For eligible residential customers receiving benefits pursuant to the program of Supplementary Security Income under P.L.1973, c. 256 (C. 44:7-85 et seq.), the credit shall consist of a special State utility supplement to the Supplementary Security Income program and shall be made in 12 monthly installments. If, at the end of a year, a person eligible for the special State utility supplement has not received the full credit for that year, a payment for the balance thereof, shall, upon certification by the commissioner, be issued by the State Treasurer. This special State utility supplement shall be in addition to existing supplementary payments which have been or may be authorized and made pursuant to P.L.1973, c. 256 (C. 44:7-85 et seq.). L.1979, c. 197, s. 4, eff. Sept. 18, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 92, s. 5, eff. Aug. 26, 1980; L.1981, c. 210, s. 8, eff. July 20, 1981; L.1984, c. 159, s. 1, eff. Sept. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 48:2-29.19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Public Utilities|Section 48:2-29.19 - Rules and regulations; services of state departments, boards, etc.

48:2-29.19. Rules and regulations; services of state departments, boards, etc.  a. The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services is authorized to promulgate, pursuant to law, such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. b. The commissioner shall be entitled to call upon the assistance, or contract for the services, of any State department, board, bureau, commission, or agency as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.1979, c. 197, s. 5, eff. Sept. 18, 1979. Amended by L.1980, c. 92, s. 6, eff. Aug. 26, 1980.