Bill Text: NJ A5061 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires BPU to respond in writing to written concerns of Division of Rate Counsel during certain proceedings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee [A5061 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A5061-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ALEX SAUICKIE
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Requires BPU to respond in writing to written concerns of Division of Rate Counsel during certain proceedings.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring the Board of Public Utilities to respond to certain submissions by the Division of Rate Counsel and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. When the Board of Public Utilities considers any proceeding that may affect the rates that are charged to customers of an electric public utility for which the Division of Rate Counsel has submitted written concerns, the board shall respond, in writing, to each concern raised by the Division of Rate Counsel. The board shall not take any action concerning the proceeding in which the Division of Rate Counsel has submitted written concerns until the board has responded to each concern in writing.
b. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the board to follow any recommendations by the Division of Rate Counsel or to make any decisions regarding a proceeding based on the written concerns of the Division of Rate Counsel.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to proceedings commencing on or after the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Board of Public Utilities (board), when considering any proceeding that may affect the rates that are charged to customers of an electric public utility for which the Division of Rate Counsel (division) has submitted written concerns, to respond, in writing, to each concern raised by the division. The board is prohibited from taking any action concerning the proceeding until the board has responded to each of the division's concerns in writing.
The provisions of the bill are not to be construed to require the board to follow any recommendations by the division or to make any decisions regarding a proceeding based on the division's written concerns.
