N.J. Admin. Code § 14:3-3A.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 14:3-3A.7 - Notification to municipalities of discontinuance of residential gas or electric service

(a) All electric and gas public utilities shall annually notify all municipalities located within their service area that, upon request, they, and/or any enforcing agency enforcing the Uniform Fire Code (N.J.A.C. 5:18) within the municipality, will be sent a daily list of the residential customer of record and premises located within the municipality at which gas or electric service was discontinued involuntarily on the preceding day.

(b) The list referred to in (a) above shall contain all of the following information, as applicable:

1. The name and address of every residential customer of record whose service was discontinued on the previous day for reasons other than at the customer's request and whose service remains discontinued as of 8:00 A.M. on the day the list is sent. The list shall also set forth the address of the premises where service was discontinued. Included on the list shall be those customers whose service has been discontinued for reasons such as non-payment of bills, the absence of a customer of record, the existence of an unsafe condition, and theft of service. These examples shall not be construed as being exclusive;

2. If there is no customer of record, this fact shall be shown by indicating "unknown" next to the address of the premises;

3. If the reason for the discontinuance of service is the existence of an unsafe condition, this fact shall be indicated next to the address of the premises. All other reasons for the discontinuance of service shall not be included on the list;

4. Those customers whose service has been discontinued on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday and whose service remains discontinued as of 8:00 A.M. on the following Monday shall be included on the list sent on that Monday. If a Monday falls on a holiday on which the utility's commercial offices are closed, the list shall be sent on the next regular workday. Pursuant to 14:3-3A.1(c), public utilities shall not discontinue residential service for nonpayment on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or on the day before a holiday or on a holiday on which either the utility's commercial offices or the Board's offices are closed;

5. If none of the customers within the municipality has service discontinued as of 8:00 A.M. on the day the list is to be sent, the utility is not required to send a list or to otherwise notify the municipality that there were no discontinuances. The next list subsequently sent shall state the date on which the last list was sent;

6. The date of discontinuance of service for each customer on the list; and

7. Specification of whether gas and/or electric service was discontinued for each customer on the list.

(c) The list referred to in (a) above may be sent by ordinary mail.

(d) On every February 15, all electric and gas utilities shall file with the Board a report containing the following information:

1. A breakdown of the expenses incurred in complying with this section in the preceding calendar year; and

2. Any additional information, which the Board in its discretion may require in writing or the public utility may wish to submit.

(e) On every August 15 and February 15, all electric and gas utilities shall file with the Board a report containing the following information:

1. Those municipalities that requested the list described in (a) above and those that have not requested the list as of the date of the report;

2. Those agencies enforcing the Uniform Fire Code, which requested the list referred to in (a) above; and

3. Any additional information that the Board in its discretion may require in writing or the public utility may wish to submit.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:3-3A.7

R.1979 d.352, effective 10/10/1979.
See: 11 N.J.R. 522(c).
Amended by R.1986 d.242, effective 7/7/1986.
See: 18 N.J.R. 463(a), 18 N.J.R. 1401(a).
(a) added text ", and/or any ... within the municipality"; added (e)2.
Amended by R.1997 d.39, effective 2/3/1997.
See: 28 N.J.R. 1810(a), 29 N.J.R. 449(a).
In (b)4, included Friday as a day on which residential service may not discontinued for nonpayment.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 14:3-7.15 and amended by R.2008 d.119, effective 5/19/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 4077(b), 40 N.J.R. 2481(a).
Section was "Notification to municipalities of discontinuance of gas or electric service to residential customer". In the introductory paragraph of (b), inserted "all of" and substituted ", as applicable:" for a period at the end; in (b)1 through (b)5, substituted a semicolon for a period at the end; in (b)4, updated the N.J.A.C. reference and substituted the last occurrence of "shall" for "may"; in (b)5, substituted "If" for "When" and "is not" for "shall not be" and inserted "to" preceding "otherwise"; in (b)6, substituted "; and" for a period at the end; in (c), substituted "(a) above" for "subsection (a) of this section"; in (d)1, substituted "section" for "regulation" and inserted "and" at the end; in (d)2, inserted a comma following "information"; in (e)1, substituted "that" for "which" twice and substituted "described" for "referred to"; in (e)2, deleted the first occurrence of "enforcing" preceding "agencies" and "referred to in (a) above" following "agencies", inserted a comma following "Code" and substituted "; and" for a period at the end; and in (e)3, substituted "that" for "which".