Bill > A4790

Introduced Session

This bill requires electric public utilities to publish certain information about power outages on the electric public utility's Internet website and to report the information to the Board of Public Utilities (board). In the event that there is a power outage, the electric public utility responsible for providing the service affected by the power outage is required to publish information on the electric public utility's Internet website about the power outage, including but not limited to: the geographic area affected by the power outage; the start time of the power outage; the number of customers affected by the power outage; the number of current ongoing power outages in the State; the estimated time until service restoration; and the cause of the power outage. Under this bill, the electric public utility is also required to ensure the information provided on the utility's Internet website is updated regularly until service is restored. Additionally, the electric public utility is required to report the same information provided on its Internet website to the board within 30 days of restoration of electric service after a power outage. Currently, much of this information is already provided on electric public utility websites. However, there is no requirement in the law that they do so. Without this requirement, this valuable information can be removed at will.

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Alex Sauickie (R)*,  Dawn Fantasia (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee (on 09/19/2024)

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