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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.10 - Notification of utilities; negotiations

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Upon the grant of a system-wide franchise to an applicant,
				  the system-wide franchisee shall notify the utilities or individuals whose
				  facilities are required for the construction of the cable television system and
				  shall be authorized to begin negotiations for pole attachment or conduit-use
				  agreements or rights-of-way, as applicable.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.11 - Contents of the Board order granting a system-wide franchise

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(a) Every
				system-wide franchise authorized by the Board shall contain information as to
				the following:
1. The territory to which it
				applies;
2. That the term for which
				it is issued is seven years;
3. The
				designation of a complaint officer;
4. The requirement that the applicant shall
				maintain a local business office or local business offices for purpose of
				receiving, investigating and resolving all complaints regarding the quality of
				service, equipment malfunctions, and similar matters;
5. A statement that the cable television
				company receiving a system-wide franchise shall abide by the commitments of
				N.J.S.A. 48:5A-28h through n and any details thereto;
6. The incorporation of any and all
				commitments provided by the applicant in its application for a system-wide
				franchise;
7. The amount of the
				franchise fee payable to each municipality to be served by the system-wide
				franchise; and
8. Any modifications
				to the information contained in the application.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.12 - Appeal of Board denial of system-wide franchise

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(a) If, during the
				45-day review period, the Board determines to disapprove the application for a
				system-wide franchise, the Board or a Board-appointed designee shall schedule a
				meeting with the applicant to explain such reasons for the Board's disapproval
				of the application and to allow the system-wide franchise applicant to question
				the Board or its appointed designee concerning the reasons for the Board's
				disapproval.
(b) Such meeting shall
				be scheduled no later than two weeks following the expiration of the 45-day
				review period required by (a) above.
(c) The system-wide franchise applicant shall
				have 30 days following the date of the meeting with the Board or its appointed
				designee required by (b) above to file an appeal of the Board's
				decision.
(d) Subsequent to the
				system-wide franchise applicant's filing of an appeal, the Board shall
				thereafter schedule an administrative hearing not later than 30 days following
				the date of the filing of the applicant's appeal for consideration of the
				system-wide franchise applicant's appeal.
(e) The Board shall issue a final decision on
				the system-wide franchise applicant's appeal not later than 60 days following
				the administrative hearing required by (d) above.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.13 - Cable television operator system-wide franchise conversion

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(a) Any cable
				television company currently operating under authority of a municipal
				consent(s) and Certificate(s) of Approval issued by the Board prior to the
				effective date of
				P.L.
				2006, c. 83 may convert
				any or all such Certificate(s) of Approval into a system-wide
				franchise.
(b) A cable television
				company wishing to convert any or all of its existing Certificate(s) of
				Approval to a system-wide franchise must provide notice to the Board and each
				municipality affected, via certified mail, that it intends to convert to a
				system-wide franchise.
(c) In its
				notice to the Board and each affected municipality, the cable television
				company shall:
1. Confirm that it will abide
				by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:5A-28h through n;
2. List each municipality that is to be
				initially converted to a system-wide franchise;
3. List the corporate entity that will hold
				the system-wide franchise as well as the name to be used;
4. Indicate the amount of the performance
				bond, consistent with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 48:5A-28d, it will maintain
				for the system-wide franchise;
5.
				Indicate the type(s) and amount(s) of insurance, consistent with the provisions
				of N.J.S.A. 48:5A-28f, it will maintain for the system-wide franchise;
				and
6. Indicate whether any
				provision of the municipal-consent-based franchise that is subject of the
				conversion will affect the cable television operator's franchise obligations in
				any remaining municipal consent within the cable television operator's
				system.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.14 - Addition of municipalities to system-wide franchise

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(a) Upon decision
				by a cable television company operating under a system-wide franchise pursuant
				to this subchapter to add additional municipalities to its system-wide
				franchise, the cable television company shall provide notice to the Board and
				to the affected municipality or municipalities, via certified mail. The
				seven-year franchise term issued or renewed by the Board shall not be affected
				by the addition of municipalities to a system-wide franchise and the Board
				shall issue an amended order which specifies which municipalities have been
				added to the system-wide franchise.
(b) If the cable television company is an
				existing cable television operator, as of August 4, 2006, the effective date of
				P.L.
				2006, c. 83, who is
				currently operating under a converted system-wide franchise, notice must be
				provided pursuant to this section.
(c) If the cable television company operating
				under a converted system-wide franchise does not currently provide cable
				television service to the municipalities to be added, such cable television
				company operating under a system-wide franchise shall specify a proposed
				deployment schedule and a commitment to abide by the provisions of N.J.S.A.
				48:5A-28h through n.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.15 - Enforcement

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The Board may enforce any provision of the system-wide
				  franchise in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.16 - Initiation of system-wide franchise renewal process

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(a) Renewal
				procedures shall commence three years prior to the expiration of the
				system-wide franchise.
(b) The
				Office shall notify the cable television operator that it will commence a fact
				finding process (ascertainment) between 36 and 30 months prior to the
				expiration of the system-wide franchise and shall begin the review process by
				the end of the 30th month prior to the expiration of the system-wide
				franchise.
(c) A cable television
				company holding a system-wide franchise may also initiate renewal proceedings
				by filing notice with the Office requiring it to commence renewal proceedings.
				Said notice must be provided no sooner than 36 months or later than 30 months
				prior to the expiration of the system-wide franchise. If the cable television
				company provides notice requiring the Office to begin the review process, the
				Office shall begin the renewal process within six months of the notice provided
				by the cable television company. In no event shall the cable television company
				holding a system-wide franchise file notice for review before the 36th month
				prior to the expiration of the franchise unless agreed upon by the Board and
				the cable television company.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.17 - System-wide franchise renewal pre-proposal phase

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(a) By 30
				months prior to the expiration of the system-wide franchise, or within six
				months of filing of notice by the cable television company operating under a
				system-wide franchise, whichever is later, the Office shall begin to conduct
				ascertainment proceedings. Those proceedings shall: review, consistent with
				N.J.S.A.
				48:5A-1 et seq., the past performance of the
				cable television operator holding a system-wide franchise; and assess the
				future cable-related needs and interests of the municipalities covered by the
				system-wide franchise, consistent with
				N.J.S.A.
				48:5A-28. Such proceedings shall afford
				affected municipalities, the public, and the cable television operator(s)
				notice and opportunity for participation.
1.
				Proceedings shall be performed by staff of the Office or any other officer as
				determined by the Board.
2. If the
				Office deems that a public hearing or hearings are necessary to assess the
				cable related needs and interests and to review, consistent with
				N.J.S.A.
				48:5A-1 et seq., the cable television
				operator's past performance, the public hearing or hearings shall be held in
				the cable television operator's franchise territory. Such hearing or hearings
				shall be held upon at least 15 days written notice to the public and the cable
				television operator. At any such hearing or hearings, all participants shall
				have the right to present relevant comments. If the Office deems that a public
				hearing or hearings is not necessary, the Office may allow comments to be filed
				in lieu of holding hearings.
3. Any
				proceedings pursuant to this section shall include transcripts of any public
				hearings and opportunity for public comment, written or oral. Transcripts shall
				be made at the expense of the cable television company operating under a
				system-wide franchise. The applicant shall be required to provide notice to the
				affected municipalities of any hearings and/or comment periods.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.18 - Application for renewal of a system-wide franchise

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(a) Within
				90 days of receipt of the ascertainment report specified in
				14:18-14.1 7(c), the cable
				television operator operating under a system-wide franchise shall file an
				application for renewal of its system-wide franchise in accordance with the
				specifications of
				14:18-14.2.
(b) The complete application must be filed
				with the Board, with a copy to the Director of the Office and the Division of
				Rate Counsel. The application must contain copies of all appendices, exhibits,
				etc. without cross-references to documents previously filed in order to be
				deemed complete. Notice of the filing for renewal of the system-wide franchise
				shall be filed with each municipality for which the applicant has authorization
				to provide service, which notice shall include information as to how a
				municipality can receive a copy of or review the entire application and any
				supporting or supplemental documents filed with the Office. Proof of the notice
				to the affected municipalities shall be provided to the Office and the Division
				of Rate Counsel.
(c) An application
				for renewal of a system-wide franchise shall be filed on the standard form
				supplied by the Office, and shall have attached a filing fee, made payable to
				"Treasurer, State of New Jersey," in the amount of $ 1,000.
(d) Upon receipt of the application for
				renewal of a system-wide franchise, the Board shall schedule public hearings on
				the application in accordance with
				N.J.A.C.
				14:18-14.3.
1. Notice of the public hearings and written
				comment periods shall be provided by the system-wide franchise applicant to the
				affected municipalities in accordance with
				N.J.A.C.
				14:18-14.4, which provides that public
				hearings shall be scheduled no later than 45 days of the filing of the
				application for renewal of a system-wide franchise. Written comments shall be
				provided no later than five business days after completion of the last public
				hearing held. The applicant shall provide proof of notice of the hearings and
				comment period to the Office and the Division of Rate Counsel;
2. A record of any public hearing shall be
				made in accordance with
				14:18-14.8; and
3. The applicant for renewal of a system-wide
				franchise shall pay to the Office of Cable Television a fee of $ 500.00 per day
				of hearing or fraction thereof.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.19 - Denial of renewal of a system-wide franchise

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If the Board staff, after review of the performance of the
				  cable television company operating under a system-wide franchise and needs
				  assessment pursuant to
				  14:18-14.1 7, within 120 days of
				  filing of the application for renewal of a system-wide franchise, does not
				  support renewal of the cable television operator's system-wide franchise, the
				  matter shall be treated as a contested case and treated pursuant to the
				  procedures in the Administrative Procedure Act,
				  52:14B-1 and
				  52:14F-1, the Uniform
				  Administrative Procedure Rules, N.J.A.C. 1:1, the Board of Public Utilities
				  Rules of Special Applicability, N.J.A.C. 1:14, and the Board of Public
				  Utilities' rules for Contested Case Hearings, N.J.A.C. 14:17-9, as well as
				  47
				  U.S.C. §
										546(e).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 14 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE APPLICATION AND RENEWAL › Section 14:18-14.20 - Conversion of a system-wide franchise to a municipal-consent-based franchise

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Nothing shall prevent a cable television company from
				  converting its system-wide franchise to a municipal-consent-based franchise. If
				  a cable television company determines that it wishes to convert its system-wide
				  franchise to municipal-consent-based franchises, it shall follow the provisions
				  for obtaining renewal municipal consent pursuant to N.J.A.C. 14:18-13, if it
				  determines to convert upon renewal, or the provisions for obtaining initial
				  municipal consent pursuant to N.J.A.C. 14:18-11 if it determines to seek
				  municipal consent outside the renewal period.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 15 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE TERMS AND CONDITIONS › Section 14:18-15.1 - Authority

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The Office of Cable Television shall enforce the terms and
				  conditions of a system-wide franchise as provided by
				  48:5A-10 and 28.2.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 15 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE TERMS AND CONDITIONS › Section 14:18-15.2 - Deployment requirements

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(a) Each cable
				television company receiving a system-wide franchise shall be required to
				deploy cable television service within each municipality for which it has
				applied in accordance with any line extension policy in place by the existing
				cable television operator at the time the system-wide franchise commences;
				except that a cable television company operating under a system-wide franchise
				may adopt a line extension policy that is more favorable to residents of a
				municipality within its franchise territory. If the existing cable television
				operator maintains a policy whereby all residents of the municipality receive
				service at no cost beyond standard and non-standard installation rates, the
				cable television company operating under a system-wide franchise shall also
				provide service to any resident within the municipality at no cost beyond
				standard and non-standard installation rates.
(b) If the cable television company operating
				under a system-wide franchise is a local exchange carrier that serves more than
				40 percent of the local exchange telephone market in the State, it shall be
				required to comply with N.J.S.A. 48:5A-25.2a(1) and (2).
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 15 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE TERMS AND CONDITIONS › Section 14:18-15.3 - Relief from deployment requirements

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(a) A cable
				television company operating under a system-wide franchise that is a local
				exchange carrier that serves more than 40 percent of the local exchange
				telephone market in the State must file with the Board if it believes it cannot
				deploy service as required under
				14:18-15.2, within 30 days of the
				date it makes a determination, for one or more of the following reasons:
1. The cable television company, operating
				under a system-wide franchise, cannot access a development or building because
				of a claimed exclusive arrangement with another cable television
				company;
2. The cable television
				company, operating under a system-wide franchise, cannot access a development
				or building using its standard technical solutions, under commercially
				reasonable terms and conditions after good faith negotiation; or
3. The cable television company, operating
				under a system-wide franchise, cannot access the public rights-of-way under
				reasonable terms and conditions.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 15 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE TERMS AND CONDITIONS › Section 14:18-15.4 - Public, educational, and governmental access channels; return lines; interconnection

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(a) A cable television company operating
				under a system-wide franchise shall provide two public, educational, and
				governmental access channels to each municipality served by that system-wide
				franchise. The public, educational, and governmental access channels shall be
				made available within a reasonable timeframe after the cable television
				company, operating under a system-wide franchise, begins to provide cable
				television service within the municipality. Upon request of the municipality,
				the public, educational, and governmental access channels shall be provisioned
				in the same manner and quality as commercial channels offered on the
				applicant's system.
1. If a municipality
				served by a system-wide franchise requests more than two public, educational
				and governmental access channels it shall demonstrate that its cable-related
				needs require the provision of additional access channels. In its request for
				additional access channels, the municipality must provide to the cable
				television company operating under a system-wide franchise, with copies to the
				Office, proof that:
i. The existing cable
				television operator provides more than two public, educational and governmental
				access channels for the use of the municipality and the channels are necessary
				to be continued by the cable television company; or
ii. The access channels provided by the
				existing cable television operator are utilized to such an extent that the
				additional access channels are necessary.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 15 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE TERMS AND CONDITIONS › Section 14:18-15.5 - Provision of free services

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(a) A cable
				television company operating under a system-wide franchise shall install and
				maintain, without charge, to each municipality served by the system-wide
				franchise, one service outlet activated for basic cable television service and
				Internet service to each fire station, public school, police station, public
				library and any other such building used for municipal purposes.
1. A municipality shall request in writing
				that free basic cable television and/or Internet service be installed and shall
				provide to the cable television company a list of the municipal service
				properties or public schools where service is requested.
2. The free service described in this
				subsection shall be provided within 90 days of the written request by the
				municipality, provided that the cable television company passes the municipal
				service property or public school with its cable television facilities. If the
				cable television company operating under a system-wide franchise does not
				already have cable television facilities passing the municipal service property
				or public school and the municipality requests in writing that service be
				provided to the location, the cable television company shall provide service
				within 90 days from the date that it passes the location with cable television
				facilities.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 15 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE TERMS AND CONDITIONS › Section 14:18-15.6 - Equipment and training

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(a) A cable
				television company operating under a system-wide franchise shall provide
				equipment for the use of municipalities covered by the system-wide franchise
				without charge.
(b) A cable
				television company operating under a system-wide franchise shall provide
				training in the use of the equipment specified in (a) above, as well as in
				general production techniques, without charge. Such training shall be offered
				upon request of the municipality; and shall be provided in accordance with a
				schedule agreed upon by the municipality and the cable television company. The
				cable television company shall not be required to provide training for any
				group of less than six participants, nor shall the cable television company be
				required to provide training for any municipality more than four times a year,
				unless otherwise agreed to by the municipality and the cable television
				company.
(c) A cable television
				company may employ an outside entity to provide the equipment and training
				listed above, as long as the outside entity does not charge users for its
				services.
(d) If a cable television
				company operating under a system-wide franchise believes that the municipality
				is unreasonable in its demands or if the municipality believes the cable
				television company is unreasonable in the satisfaction of the municipality's
				demands, either party may contact the Office for resolution of the matter. The
				Office shall use the procedures set forth at N.J.A.C. 14:17-8in dealing with
				the complaint.
(e) The cable
				television company shall provide an initial notice to each municipality of
				available PEG access training and equipment, as well as the name of company
				personnel responsible for addressing municipalities' concerns with the
				provision of same, within 60 days of approval of a system-wide franchise by the
				Board. Thereafter, the cable television company shall provide annual notice to
				all affected municipalities of available PEG access training and equipment, as
				well as company personnel to be responsible for addressing municipalities'
				concerns with obtaining training and equipment.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 15 - SYSTEM-WIDE FRANCHISE TERMS AND CONDITIONS › Section 14:18-15.7 - Franchise fee payment

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(a) Upon provision
				of service to one or more residents in any municipality, a cable television
				company operating under a system-wide franchise shall annually pay:
1. To the municipality a fee in lieu of all
				other franchise taxes and municipal fees a sum equal to 3.5 percent of gross
				revenues, as that term is defined by N.J.S.A. 48:5A-3x, received by subscribers
				within the municipality; and
2. To
				the State Treasurer, an amount equal to that paid as charges or fees for basic
				service by residents that are eligible for the Pharmaceutical Assistance to the
				Aged and Disabled, not to exceed 0.5 percent of gross revenues, as that term is
				defined by N.J.S.A. 48:5A-3x. The State Treasurer shall be responsible for
				administering the program.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 16 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 14:18-16.1 - Regulations not retroactive

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The foregoing regulations shall not be construed to be
				  retroactive with respect to the construction of facilities.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 16 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 14:18-16.2 - Deviation and modification

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(a) Should
				conditions exist where a deviation from any of these regulations should be made
				to suit such conditions, petition may be made to the Office for such
				deviation.
(b) These regulations
				may be amended or modified by the Office from time to time upon due notice and
				in accordance with applicable statutes.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 16 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 14:18-16.3 - Schedules of prices, rates, terms and conditions

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(a) Where these
				rules are in conflict with any terms and conditions contained in any cable
				television company's schedule of prices, rates, terms and conditions, these
				rules shall govern, unless otherwise authorized by the Office with the approval
				of the Board.
(b) A cable
				television company's schedule of prices, rates, terms and conditions shall not
				be construed to be in conflict with these rules if said schedule of prices,
				rates, terms and conditions, provides for more beneficial treatment of
				customers than that provided for in these rules.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 16 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 14:18-16.4 - Discrimination in rates

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(a) No cable
				television company shall impose any excessive, unreasonable, unjustly
				discriminatory or unduly preferential individual or joint rate, charge or
				schedule for any service supplied or rendered by the cable television
				company.
(b) No cable television
				company shall adopt any unjust, unreasonable or discriminatory classification
				in the making or as the basis of any individual or joint rate, charge or
				schedule for any service supplied or rendered by the cable television
				company.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Subchapter 16 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Section 14:18-16.5 - Authority

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These regulations are made and promulgated pursuant to
				  authority vested in the Office and Board by
				  48:5A-1 et seq. and shall be
				  construed in conformity with, and not in derogation of, such statute.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 18 - REGULATIONS OF CABLE TELEVISION › Appendix A

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LIST OF FORMS
Form CATV-1
Form CATV-2
Form F99
Channel Allocation Form
Cable Facts Questionnaire
Line Extension Policy Form
Outage Form
Accident/Injury Form
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14:29-1.1 - Scope

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(a) The Board of
				Public Utilities shall implement this chapter when the Governor, by Executive
				Order, has proclaimed a state of energy emergency under
				52:27F-17, except that the Board
				may implement
				14:29-2.2, Public appeal, 5.3(a)
				(designated representative), and 4.1(b) (load interruption plan) prior to a
				Governor's declaration of an energy emergency.
(b) The Governor's declaration of a state of
				energy emergency shall be based upon a finding by the Board that there impends
				or exists an energy supply shortage of a dimension which endangers the public
				health, safety or welfare in all or any part of the State.
(c) In making a finding under this section,
				the Board shall state whether the shortage is limited to a specific energy form
				or to any specific area of the State.
(d) Information regarding this chapter can be
				obtained on the Board's website at
http://www.nj.gov/bpu/about/divisions/reliability/
.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14:29-1.3 - Exemptions

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(a) A person may
				apply for an exemption from one or more of the requirements of this chapter on
				the basis of extraordinary hardship or public welfare to the Division of
				Reliability and Security staff, which shall consult with the Division of
				Energy.
(b) The exemptions in this
				section do not apply to the odd/even motor fuel purchase restrictions at
				N.J.A.C. 14:6, except if an exemption from those restrictions has been applied
				for under N.J.A.C. 14:29-6 and denied. Procedures for applying for an exemption
				covering odd/even motor fuel restrictions can be found at N.J.A.C.
				14:29-6.
(c) To obtain an exemption
				based on extraordinary hardship, a person shall submit documentation
				demonstrating that:
1. Compliance with the
				requirement for which exemption is requested would subject the person to an
				unreasonable burden that is disproportionately heavier than the burden placed
				on others who must comply with this chapter; and
2. The disproportionate burden placed on the
				person is not caused directly or indirectly by the person's action or
				omission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14:29-1.4 - Modification of this chapter during emergency

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The Board may modify any of the measures set out in this
				  chapter, and/or may implement said measures in whole or in part, as necessary
				  to address the energy emergency.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14:29-1.5 - Delegation to Board President

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In cases where a Board action or decision is urgently needed
				  and a quorum cannot be convened in a timely manner, or as authorized by statute
				  or executive order, the President may exercise any Board authority under this
				  chapter. Any decision or action taken by the President of the Board under this
				  section shall have the same legal authority as if taken by the entire
				  Board.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 14:29-1.6 - Website

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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities maintains a website
				  at
www.nj.gov/bpu
. If the Governor
				  declares an energy emergency, information pertaining to the energy emergency
				  will be posted on the website from time to time to assist the public.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 2 - END-USE ENERGY REDUCTION › Section 14:29-2.1 - Scope

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This subchapter shall apply to all energy end-users in New
				  Jersey, and to any person, as defined at
				  14:29-1.2, that provides an energy
				  product for sale to end-users within the State of New Jersey.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 2 - END-USE ENERGY REDUCTION › Section 14:29-2.2 - Public appeal

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In the event of an impending shortage of energy supplies,
				  the Board may make public appeals or require electric and gas utilities and
				  suppliers of regulated petroleum products to make public appeals through
				  appropriate news media, requesting end-users to reduce their use of
				  electricity, natural gas, and regulated petroleum products.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 2 - END-USE ENERGY REDUCTION › Section 14:29-2.4 - Hour limitations

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In the event that measures taken under this subchapter fail
				  to provide adequate relief, the Board may impose further restrictions upon the
				  hours of operation of industrial and commercial operations.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 2 - END-USE ENERGY REDUCTION › Section 14:29-2.5 - Exemptions from end-use energy reduction measures

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(a) The following
				shall be exempt from the requirements of
				14:29-2.3 and 2.4, so long as the
				person or facility exempted has taken reasonable steps to reduce all
				non-essential energy use. However, this exemption may be modified or suspended
				by the Board:
1. Hospitals and other
				facilities licensed to provide medical care;
2. Persons who depend on life support
				systems; and
3. Electric sales for
				resale under FERC jurisdiction.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 3 - NATURAL GAS › Section 14:29-3.1 - Scope, interruptible customers

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(a) This subchapter
				shall apply to all natural gas utilities that provide distribution or commodity
				natural gas service within the State of New Jersey and to all commercial and
				industrial customers of these utilities.
(b) During an energy emergency that was
				declared based on the shortage of a regulated petroleum product, a natural gas
				utility shall not reduce or discontinue supply to interruptible customers for
				economic reasons, if the reduction or discontinuation would cause the customer
				to increase its use of a regulated petroleum product. This provision shall not
				apply in the case where the continuation of these interruptible customers on
				the system will jeopardize the supply to firm customers or in the case of a
				coincident natural gas and petroleum shortage.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 3 - NATURAL GAS › Section 14:29-3.2 - Priority plan for mandatory curtailment

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(a) In the event
				that measures taken under
				14:29-2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 do not
				provide sufficient relief to achieve a balance between the supply of and demand
				for natural gas, the Board shall require the implementation of the following
				mandatory steps, which shall be implemented in the order listed, except in
				accordance with (b) below or
				14:29-1.4:
1. Reduce gas service to a minimum at gas
				company facilities;
2. Suspend all
				interruptible natural gas service, as defined at
				14:29-1.2;
3. Suspend all firm industrial service of 50
				Mcfd (two million BTUH) or more for process and/or feedstock gas. Use of
				process and/or feedstock gas shall be discontinued as soon as possible without
				damaging equipment or facilities;
4. Suspend all firm commercial service of 50
				Mcfd (two million BTUH) or more for other than heating. Close all business and
				reduce heat to the minimum necessary to protect any buildings, or 40 degrees
				Fahrenheit, whichever is lower;
5.
				Firm industrial customers with over 50 Mcfd service shall cease
				operating;
6. Suspend all firm
				industrial service of 50 Mcfd or less. Firm industrial customers with service
				of 50 Mcfd or less shall cease operating and shall reduce heat to the minimum
				necessary to protect any buildings, or to 40 degrees Fahrenheit, whichever is
				lower;
7. Firm commercial customers
				with service of 50 Mcfd or less shall cease operating and shall reduce heat to
				the minimum necessary to protect any buildings, or to 40 degrees Fahrenheit,
				whichever is lower;
8. Suspend all
				gas service to industrial customers, including natural gas necessary to protect
				buildings.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 3 - NATURAL GAS › Section 14:29-3.3 - Inter-gas utility allocations

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Pursuant to
				  52:27F-17(b)(3),
				  the Board may order the allocation of specific quantities of natural gas from
				  one gas utility to another to prevent the curtailment of service to residential
				  and commercial end-users.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 3 - NATURAL GAS › Section 14:29-3.4 - Residential and commercial curtailment

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(a) Where all
				possible means of carrying system load have been taken, including those
				measures set forth in
				14:29-2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 3.2, and
				the natural gas supplier determines that load reduction is still required in
				order to ensure that demand does not exceed supply, a gas utility shall take
				one of the actions at (b) or (c) below, as applicable.
(b) If a natural gas supplier determines
				under (a) above that load reduction is required, the gas utility shall notify
				the Board as soon as is reasonably feasible and request from the Board the
				authority to reduce or eliminate the supply of natural gas to residential
				and/or commercial end-users pursuant to
				52:27F-17(b)(3).
(c) If a system emergency is imminent and the
				notification procedure set forth in (b) above will cause a delay that could
				unduly jeopardize the integrity and proper operation of the system, the gas
				utility may reduce or discontinue service to residential and/or commercial
				end-users without prior approval from the Board.
(d) If a gas utility acts without prior
				approval from the Board in accordance with (c) above, the utility shall notify
				the Board as soon as possible, and in no case any later than four hours after
				beginning the reduction or elimination of service to residential and/or
				commercial end-users.
(e) A gas
				utility that reduces or eliminates service to residential and/or commercial
				end-users under this section shall make every effort to notify affected
				noninterruptible customers at least two hours prior to the service reduction or
				elimination.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 4 - ELECTRIC › Section 14:29-4.1 - Scope; load interruption plan

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(a) This subchapter
				shall apply to all electric utilities that supply or distribute electricity
				within the State of New Jersey.
(b)
				Each electric utility shall file with the Board a load interruption plan, which
				details how the utility will implement rotating interruptions of service if
				requested to do so by PJM or another system operator. This plan shall meet the
				following requirements:
1. The service
				interrupted shall total at least 10 percent (in megawatts) of the utility's
				prior year peak load;
2. The plan
				shall not call for interruption of service to hospitals;
3. The plan shall not call for interruption
				of service to any one customer for more than three consecutive hours;
				and
4. The plan shall identify all
				of the following:
i. The circuits to be
				interrupted;
ii. The estimated peak
				load (in megawatts) of each circuit to be interrupted; and
iii. The municipalities in which the
				interrupted circuits are located.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 4 - ELECTRIC › Section 14:29-4.2 - Programs to reduce energy consumption

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(a) If the PJM
				independent system operator (ISO) determines that the measures set forth in
				14:29-2.2, 2.3 and 2.4, combined
				with any simultaneous or anticipated relief actions by the PJM independent
				system operator (ISO) and the New York ISO, do not provide sufficient relief
				from energy emergency conditions, the electric utilities may take the following
				actions:
1. Departures from normal operating
				procedures, which have an acceptable impact on reliability and economy. These
				include, but are not limited to, the following:
i. Voluntary customer energy reduction
				programs, as agreed upon from time to time by an electric utility and its
				customers, shall be placed in effect;
ii. A five percent voltage reduction;
				and
iii. Other reliability measures
				which, from time to time, may be authorized by the Board; and
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 5 - PETROLEUM PRODUCTS › Section 14:29-5.1 - Required set aside of regulated petroleum products

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(a) During an
				energy emergency, each prime supplier of a regulated petroleum product shall
				maintain a store of each regulated petroleum product that it supplies. This
				stored product shall be known as a "set aside," and the amount of each
				supplier's set aside for each regulated petroleum product shall be determined
				in accordance with this section.
(b) The amount of each prime supplier's set
				aside for a particular regulated petroleum product for a particular upcoming
				month shall be three percent of the amount of that product sold in New Jersey
				by that prime supplier during the same month of the previous year, as reported
				to the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Agency on Form EIA-782C,
				Monthly Report of Prime Supplier Petroleum Product Sold for
				Consumption.
(c) Seven business
				days before the start of each month, each prime supplier shall notify the Board
				of the quantity of its set aside for the upcoming month for each regulated
				petroleum product handled by the supplier. Notification must be made in writing
				to the Board at the address provided at
				14:29-5.3(d)  or
				at
www.nj.gov/bpu/about/divisions/reliability/
.
(d) If any portion of a set aside has not
				been used by the close of business on the 27th day of the month, the prime
				supplier may release this unused portion.
(e) The Board may increase or decrease the
				amount or percentage of the required set aside as necessary to address an
				energy emergency. The Board shall notify all prime suppliers at least two days
				before the adjusted set aside requirement takes effect.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 5 - PETROLEUM PRODUCTS › Section 14:29-5.2 - Redirection of petroleum set aside

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At any time during an energy emergency, the Board may, if
				  necessary to facilitate relief of any hardship and meet the demand for
				  regulated petroleum products, require one or more prime suppliers to redirect
				  some or all of their set aside for one or more regulated petroleum products to
				  a specified end-user.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 29 - ENERGY EMERGENCY › Subchapter 5 - PETROLEUM PRODUCTS › Section 14:29-5.3 - Prime suppliers-reporting, non-discrimination

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(a) Each prime
				supplier, as defined at
				14:29-1.2, shall continuously
				maintain and designate a representative to act on behalf of the prime supplier
				with respect to available supplies. Each prime supplier shall notify the Board
				in writing of such designation, and shall include the name, office telephone
				number, e-mail address, fax number and cell phone (if available) of the
				representative. The prime supplier shall resubmit this information annually on
				March 1st of each year. In the event of a redesignation, the prime supplier
				shall notify the Board of such redesignation within one day of its
				occurrence.
(b) The representative
				identified under (a) above shall provide daily updates to the Board during a
				declared energy emergency. The updates shall provide information regarding
				available and anticipated supplies of the regulated petroleum products handled
				by the supplier.
(c) Each prime
				supplier shall submit to the Board the New Jersey posted dealer tank wagon
				price, posted reseller tank car price, or other posted price for each regulated
				petroleum product for each class of customer within 24 hours after a price
				change. Submittals postmarked within 24 hours after a price change shall be
				deemed to be in compliance with this subsection.
(d) The information required under this
				section shall be sent either by e-mail to the address provided at
http://www.nj.gov/bpu/about/divisions/reliability/
,
				or by U.S. mail to:
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
PO Box 350
Trenton, NJ 08625-0350
Attention: Energy Emergency Team
(e) Each prime supplier shall distribute
				regulated petroleum products fairly without discrimination between wholly owned
				affiliates and nonwholly owned affiliates.
(f) During an energy emergency, a prime
				supplier shall not make any change in its distribution of regulated petroleum
				products without prior approval by the Board.