N.J. Stat. tit. 48, ch. 2
N.J. Stat. tit. 48, ch. 2
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section2-1. Board of Public Utilities continued; membership; terms.section2-1.1. Designation of president of board.section2-1.2. Repealsection2-1.3. Short titlesection2-1.4. Effective datesection2-2. Seal; employees; compensationsection2-3. Office; director of office management; meetingssection2-3.1. Principal office; filing of copy of designationsection2-4. Duties of secretarysection2-5. Salarysection2-6. Traveling expensessection2-7. § 48:2-7section2-8. Connection with public utilities or government office.section2-9. Reports of findings and decisions; publicationssection2-10. Certified copies of records as evidencesection2-10.1. Definitions.section2-10.2. Electronic public document search system.section2-11. Annual reportsection2-12. § 48:2-12section2-13. Powers of board; public utility defined; exemptions from jurisdictionsection2-13.1. Rural, electric cooperatives; powers of boardsection2-13.1a. Customers of rural electric cooperative, electronic billing, payment permitted.section2-13.2. Limited jurisdiction of Board of Public Utilities over certain nonpublicly-owned, nonprofit water companiessection2-14. Approval of grants by municipalities of franchises and privileges to public utilitiessection2-15. Authority over interstate commerce; interstate co-operationsection2-16. Supervisory and regulatory powers in generalsection2-16.1. Examination and audit of accountssection2-16.2. Inspection and examination of books and recordssection2-16.3. Failure to file annual report on date due; penaltysection2-16.4. Management auditssection2-16.5. Electric public utilities, file report of meetings, votes; definitions.section2-17. Filing list of officials and their duties with boardsection2-18. Depreciation accounts; rates of depreciation; conformity to ratessection2-19. Investigations; valuation of property of public utilitysection2-20. Testing appliances; access to premises; feessection2-21. Ratessection2-21.1. Adjustment of rates during pendency of hearingsection2-21.2. Circumstances under which board not required to find rate basesection2-21.3. Stipulations extending suspension periods or waiving effective dates of tariffs or ratessection2-21.10. Expenses incurred in complying with the worker and community right to know act considered as current expensessection2-21.11. Moneys received as reimbursement for costs incurred from insurance carrier or as result of legal action or settlement as moneys availablesection2-21.12. Adjustment to rates to provide reimbursements received are applied to reduction of utility ratessection2-21.13. Inapplicability of act to reimbursements under $100,000section2-21.14. Fines, penalties not operating expensesection2-21.15. Rate reductionsection2-21.16. Findings, declarationssection2-21.17. Definitions.section2-21.18. Plans for alternative form of regulation, petition, requirementssection2-21.19. Competitive services, rates not regulated; conditions.section2-21.20. Interexchange carrier services deemed competitive, standardssection2-21.21. Rate counsel assessmentssection2-21.22. Findings, declarations relative to AOS providers.section2-21.23. Regulation of the alternate operator service provider; definition.section2-21.24. Findings, declarations relative to production, delivery of electricity, natural gassection2-21.25. Definitionssection2-21.26. Standards for off-tariff rate agreementssection2-21.27. Base rate case proceedingssection2-21.28. Petitions for alternative forms of regulation; NJSAVE programsection2-21.29. Reportssection2-21.30. Authority of Division of Ratepayer Advocatesection2-21.31. Terms, conditions unaltered for retail sales, certain.section2-21.32. Rules.section2-21.33. Tax and related savings to consumers.section2-21.34. Definitions relative to phase out schedule of transitional energy facility assessment unit rate surcharges; formulas; adjustments to rates.section2-21.35. Cooperation on development of statement to energy user bills.section2-21.36. Definitions relative to a manufacturing facility; electricity, natural gas agreements.section2-21.37. Definitions relative to imposition of standby charges.section2-21.38. Study to determine effects of distributed generation.section2-21.39. Establishment of criteria for fixing rates.section2-21.40. Rules, regulations.section2-21.41. Definitions relative to veterans' organization which qualify for residential rate.section2-22. Compacts for joint regulation and control of gas and electricity ratessection2-23. Safe, adequate servicesection2-23.1. Assessment, review of conveyances.section2-23.2. Sale of real property owned by public utility; deadline for decision by BPU provided.section2-24. Discontinuance of service; permission; resumption of servicesection2-24.1. Ratification of unauthorized discontinuancesection2-24.2. Notice of certain utility service discontinuance to chief law enforcement officer.section2-25. Standards, classifications and measurements of servicesection2-25.1. Determining and fixing time for supplying products or services or for installation of facilities or equipmentsection2-26. Maintenance of junction points and connectionssection2-27. § 48:2-27section2-28. New grade crossings; approval of boardsection2-29. § 48:2-29section2-29.1. § 48:2-29.1section2-29.2. Prohibit or limit payment of dividends by utility failing to comply with board's ordersection2-29.3. § 48:2-29.3section2-29.4. § 48:2-29.4section2-29.5. Regulating deposits by customers to secure payment for services; interest on depositssection2-29.15. Establishment of lifeline credit programsection2-29.16. Eligibility for Lifeline Credit Programsection2-29.16a. "Lifeline Credit Program," notification as to error in estimated annual income.section2-29.17. Credit against electric or gas utility billssection2-29.18. State payments to utilities for amount of credit; schedule; return of payments for unused credit; special state utility supplement to supplementary security income programsection2-29.19. Rules and regulations; services of state departments, boards, etc.section2-29.20. Notice of lifeline credit programsection2-29.21. Annual report on lifeline credit programsection2-29.22. Transfer of responsibility for administration, powers and duties from board of public utilities to commissioner of department of human servicessection2-29.30. Legislative findings and declarationssection2-29.31. Tenants' lifeline assistance program; establishment and administrationsection2-29.32. Eligibility for Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programsection2-29.32a. "Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Program," notification as to error in estimated annual income.section2-29.33. Annual tenants assistance payment; limitationssection2-29.34. Certification by commissioner; issuance of payment; date; special state utility supplement to supplemental security income programsection2-29.35. Rules and regulations; assistance from or contracts for services of state agencysection2-29.36. Annual report to legislature and Governorsection2-29.38. Findings, declarations relative to energy assistance program.section2-29.39. Designation of Statewide, nonprofit energy assistance organization.section2-29.40. Utilization of funds provided; eligibility criteria.section2-29.41. Rules, regulations.section2-29.42. Third party designation to receive transmission of public utility service terminationsection2-29.43. Rules, regulationssection2-29.44. Findings, declarations relative to electric public utility servicesection2-29.45. Provision of continued electrical service during periods of excessive heatsection2-29.46. Rules, regulationssection2-29.47. Prevailing wage requirement, construction undertaken with BPU financial assistance.section2-29.48. Definitions relative to electric public utility service discontinuances.section2-29.49. Annual request for information by electric public utility.section2-29.50. Liability for payment of bill balance.section2-29.51. Customer outreach plan.section2-29.52. Excuse from compliance.section2-29.53. Rules, regulations.section2-29.54. Definitions relative to public utilities.section2-29.55. Winter Termination Program, inclusions.section2-29.56. Rules, regulations.section2-29.56a. Utility assistance programs, updating public information.section2-29.56b. Summer Termination Program, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, definitions.section2-29.57. Definitions.section2-29.58. Report to Governor, Legislature; effect of Coronavirus 2019 pandemic on utility service; Department of Community Affairs.section2-29.59. Quarterly report; utility service, customer data.section2-29.60. Automatic enrollment into utility bill payment assistance for certain eligible individuals, households.section2-30. § 48:2-30section2-31. § 48:2-31section2-32. Board rules to govern; single member may sitsection2-32.1. Hearing examiners; authority; rules and regulations; compensationsection2-32.2. Municipal, county rights of intervention; noticesection2-32.2a. Applicability of notification proceduressection2-32.2b. Complementary requirementssection2-32.3. Public passenger transportation service; changes or curtailment; noticesection2-32.4. Hearing in affected municipalitysection2-32.5. Definitionssection2-32.6. Public hearings.section2-32.7. Final decision or order.section2-32.8. Advance notice of public meeting available on public document search system.section2-32.9. Discussion with interested parties on policy matters.section2-33. Witnesses; production of documents; oaths; subpoenassection2-34. § 48:2-34section2-35. Compelling witness to testify or produce documents; contemptsection2-36. § 48:2-36section2-36.1. § 48:2-36.1section2-37. Corporations and persons owning or controlling public utility stock; compelling production of records and attendance of witnessessection2-38. Evidence by member or employee in civil suitsection2-39. Fees of witnessessection2-40. Issuance of order; effective dates; service; posting on Internet; rehearing.section2-41. Enforcementsection2-42. § 48:2-42section2-43. Appeal; noticesection2-43.1. Appearance by board in review proceedingssection2-46. Setting aside orderssection2-47. Ordering rehearing by boardsection2-49. Performing, participating in or causing prohibited actssection2-50. Failure to perform required actssection2-51. Utilities acting unlawfullysection2-51.1. Acquisition of control of public utility; approval of board of public utilities; exceptions.section2-52. § 48:2-52section2-56. Fees and charges.section2-56.1. Bus inspection fees, revenue of the commission.section2-57. Disposition of fees and chargessection2-58. Repealsection2-59. Annual assessmentssection2-60. Amount of assessmentsection2-61. Exclusion of operating revenue derived from service receiving public fundssection2-62. Levy of assessment; time for payment; gross operating revenues statementsection2-63. Objections to statement; hearingsection2-64. Findings of boardsection2-65. Payment of statement objected to; notice of delinquencysection2-66. Action for recovery of paymentssection2-67. Payment necessary prior to action contending assessment excessive, erroneous or unlawfulsection2-68. Proceduresection2-69. Failure to pay or file objections; notice to state treasurersection2-70. Collectionsection2-71. Disposition of moneyssection2-72. Companies not subject to fees and charges by commissionerssection2-73. Short titlesection2-74. Findings, declarations, determinationssection2-75. Definitions.section2-76. One-Call Damage Prevention System, established; rules, regulationssection2-77. Operation of One-Call Damage Prevention Systemsection2-78. Appropriate waiver conditionssection2-79. System operator, responsibilitiessection2-80. Underground facility operator, responsibilities; underground facility markings.section2-81. Marking of facilities; nonapplicability; excavation, permitting process on State propertysection2-82. Notification of the One-Call Damage Prevention System; excavator's duties.section2-83. Proof of notification required for permission to excavatesection2-84. Nonapplicability to emergenciessection2-85. Map of pipeline; filingsection2-86. Violation of act; injunction; civil penalties.section2-87. Illegal excavation; disorderly persons offense, third degree crimesection2-88. Penalty for operator violationssection2-89. Notice failure, prima facie evidence of negligencesection2-90. Civil penalties to the Statesection2-91. Board's jurisdiction not affectedsection2-92. Short title.section2-93. Findings, declarations relative to BPU Business Ombudsman.section2-94. Definitions relative to BPU Business Ombudsman.section2-95. BPU Business Ombudsman; appointment, powers, duties, funding.section2-96. Function of office of BPU Business Ombudsman.section2-97. Annual report to board.section2-98. Rules, regulations.
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