A 1836 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to disseminate outage information to customers through autodialed telephone call, text message, and electronic mail alert service.

This bill requires New Jersey electric, gas, and water utilities to notify customers about service outages using automated phone calls, text messages, and email alerts - using contact information already on file with the utility. The alerts must include outage location, estimated duration, utility and emergency contact details, and how to report related issues. Outages caused by non-payment are excluded, and state/local emergency agencies may share utility-provided outage information through their own alert systems. The requirement takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
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