Requires report of societal benefits charge revenues and expenditures to be included in the Governor's annual budget message.
S 4719 requires New Jersey's Governor to include a detailed annual report in the state budget message about revenues and expenditures from the "societal benefits charge" - a fee added to electricity and gas bills. The report must show, for each of the last five fiscal years and the current year, how much revenue was collected, how it was allocated (including specific programs like energy efficiency, universal energy assistance, and electric vehicle incentives), and how much was actually spent. This bill aims to increase transparency about how utility customer fees fund state programs without changing the charge itself or the programs it supports.
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Introduced Oct 20, 2025
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
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