N.J. Admin. Code § 14:4-5.11

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 14:4-5.11 - Registration procedure-energy consultant

(a) To be eligible to operate in New Jersey as an energy consultant, a person shall, in addition to meeting all of the requirements for registration as an energy agent, meet the requirements in this section.

(b) A registration shall be submitted on forms provided by the Board, available on the Board's website at www.nj.gov/bpu/. The registration form shall require all of the following:

1. Proof that the person is a registered energy agent, or, alternatively, all of the information required under this subchapter to register as an energy agent;

2. A $ 10,000 surety bond; and

3. Documentation that the person maintains a physical office in New Jersey in accordance with N.J.A.C. 14:4-5.2(b). A post office box, rented mail-receiving space at a mail service store, virtual office, or a registered agent address shall not constitute a physical New Jersey office for energy consultants.

(c) Board staff shall accept and process an application for registration as an energy consultant using the procedures for acceptance and processing of an energy agent registration at N.J.A.C. 14:4-5.8.

(d) If a registration as an energy consultant is submitted simultaneously with a registration as an energy agent, there shall be no additional application fee for the energy consultant registration. However, if the registrations are submitted at different times, each registration shall be accompanied by the nonrefundable initial energy agent registration fee set forth at N.J.A.C. 14:4-5.12. This provision shall also apply to the Annual Information Update Form's filings.

(e) An energy consultant registration obtained under this subchapter shall not expire, so long as the registrant pays to the Board, within 30 days before the anniversary date of the last approved registration application or date assigned by the Board, an annual registration fee, as determined by the Board, accompanied by an annual information update on a form prescribed by the Board.

(f) An LDC shall provide a registered energy consultant with access to customer usage data through electronic data interchange in accordance with I/M/O The Energy Master Plan Phase II Proceeding To Investigate the Future Structure of the Electric Power Industry, Board Order Docket Nos. EX94120585Y et al., available on the Board's website at http://www.nj.gov/bpu/pdf/boardorders/6-23-04-2A.pdf.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:4-5.11

Amended by R.2012 d.091, effective 5/7/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 1150(a), 44 N.J.R. 1534(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (b) and in (f), updated the website address.

Amended by 53 N.J.R. 1573(a), effective 9/20/2021