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This bill would require electric public utilities to submit integrated distribution plans to the Board of Public Utilities (BPU). As defined by the bill, "integrated distribution plan" means a plan developed by an electric public utility to assess the necessary physical and operational changes to the transmission and distribution system in its service area to enable safe, reliable, and affordable service that satisfies customers' changing expectations and facilitates the use of distributed electric power sources. The bill would first require the BPU to develop criteria for the integrated distribution plans no later than six months after the bill's enactment. The bill would establish certain minimum requirements for the criteria, as enumerated in paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 1 of the bill. The bill would then require, one year after the BPU develops criteria for integrated distribution plans, all electric public utilities in the State to submit to the BPU an integrated distribution plan that conforms to the criteria. Finally, the bill would require each electric public utility to implement its integrated distribution plan, once it is approved by the BPU.

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Linda Greenstein (D)*,  Bob Smith (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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