Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
(a) This subchapter is intended to protect against unauthorized changes or "switches" in a customer's electric power supplier or natural gas supplier, as required by the Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act, P.L. 1999, c. 23, section 37, 48:3-86 et seq.(b) This subchapter applies to local distribution companies (LDCs) and third-party suppliers (TPSs), as these terms are defined at 14:4-1.2.(c) This subchapter applies to the switching of a customer in either of the following situations: 1. A switch from one TPS to another TPS; or2. A switch from an LDC to a TPS.(d) In advertising and marketing to customers, and in switching customers from one TPS to another, or from an LDC to a TPS, a TPS shall comply with the Board's consumer protection standards for electric power suppliers and natural gas suppliers at N.J.A.C. 14:4-7. N.J. Admin. Code § 14:4-2.1