New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - ENERGY COMPETITION › Subchapter 5 - ENERGY LICENSING AND REGISTRATION › Section 14:4-5.3 - Application contents-initial electric power supplier or gas supplier license

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) An application for an electric power
				supplier or gas supplier license shall include all of the information required
				by the instructions accompanying the application form for the appropriate
				license. The application form and instructions along with BPU contact
				information shall be available from the BPU through its website at
www.nj.gov/bpu/
.
(b) A complete application for an electric
				power supplier or gas supplier license will require an application form,
				completed as directed in the instructions that accompany the application form.
				The application form shall require the following types of information:
1. Information identifying the applicant and
				the applicant's business, including past and present name(s), address(es), and
				contact information for the company, dating back to its original formation
				and/or incorporation;
2. The name
				of the registered New Jersey agent that the business will retain, including the
				agent's physical New Jersey office address;
3. The appropriate application fee, set forth
				at 14:4-5.1 2;
4. Descriptive information regarding the
				applicant, and the applicant's business, including the business profile and
				history;
5. A list of services
				and/or products the applicant plans to offer in New Jersey;
6. Samples of documents that the applicant
				will use in the course of business, including a sample residential contract and
				material terms and conditions summary page;
7. Evidence of financial integrity, including
				records of and information on past financial dealings and conditions, and
				references from financial institutions;
8. A statement disclosing existing, pending
				or past adverse investigations, judgments, litigation, criminal charges or
				convictions, in New Jersey or in any other jurisdiction, against any of the
				following:
i. The applicant;
ii. Any corporate officers, directors,
				partners, or owners of the applicant;
iii. Any key operating personnel of the
				applicant; or
iv. Any person that
				owns or controls 10 percent or more of the shares of the applicant;
9. Any releases necessary to
				authorize the BPU to obtain or receive criminal history information;
10. A list of all affiliated TPSs, public
				utilities, and other persons;
11. A
				list of all persons, as defined at
				14:4-1.2, that have a 10 percent
				or greater ownership interest in the applicant's business;
12. Any other information that Board staff
				requires for a particular applicant, in order to enable Board staff to evaluate
				compliance with this subchapter, or to ensure compliance with State and/or
				Federal law;
13. If the application
				is for an electric power supplier or gas supplier license, a certification,
				signed by an officer of the corporation, stating that the applicant is in
				compliance with the retail choice consumer protection rules at N.J.A.C.
				14:4-7;
14. A certification, under
				oath, of truth and accuracy, signed by a corporate officer, partner, sole
				proprietor, or other appropriate legal representative of the applicant,
				attesting to the accuracy of the contents of the application, and to the fact
				that the sample contract and other material submitted as part of the
				application complies with all standards and rules applicable to the license and
				with this subchapter;
15. A
				certification, under oath, stating that the applicant is in compliance with all
				Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Telemarketing Sales Rules, including
				16 CFR
				310.4; and
16. A certification, under oath, stating that
				the applicant is in compliance with door-to-door Federal, State, and municipal
				solicitation standards, rules, and regulations.