Title 48, Title 48: PUBLIC UTILITIES

48:19-15.1. Condemnation; action against utility Every water utility desiring to take, use or occupy any lands or to take or divert any spring or stream of water necessary for the rendition of its public utility service may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided in sect…

48:19-17. Pipes in streets authorized; consent of public body; appeal Each water company may lay its pipes beneath such public roads, streets, and places as it may deem necessary for its corporate purposes, free from all charge to be made by any person or body politic whatsoever …

48:19-18 Sale of water, rates. 48:19-18. Each water company organized under the laws of this State may sell and dispose of the water issuing from its reservoirs, aqueducts or pipes for such rates and pursuant to such terms and conditions as are in accordance with its approved tar…

48:19-18.1. Statement of amount of water sold in gallons on bill Any bill or other statement presented by a person, firm, association, corporation, authority or governmental unit to a customer for water sold or supplied shall have the amount of water sold or supplied stated there…

48:19-19. Contracts between companies for supply of water Every water company organized under the laws of this State may contract with any company organized under any law of the State for a supply of water upon such terms and for such times as may be mutually agreed upon. Such co…

48:19-20. Extension of works Every aqueduct company which was on March 21, 1888, in existence under any special charter in this State and every water company incorporated under the law of this State, may add to and extend its works to and within any municipality to such extent as…

48:19-22. Refund for failure to supply water In case any water company of this state shall fail for more than five consecutive days during any period for which water rent is charged, collected or received, to supply water to a person who has paid such rents in advance, the water …

48:19-23. Municipal consents to formation of water companies validated L.1906, c. 68, s. 2, p. 98 (C.S. p. 3636, s. 633), being section two of the act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act for the construction, maintenance and operation of waterworks for the purpose o…

48:19-24. Incorporation and contracts of certain water companies validated L.1906, c. 128, p. 238 (C.S. p. 3649, s. 675), entitled "An act validating the incorporation and proceedings of certain companies organized in townships for the construction, maintenance and operation of w…

48:19-25. Incorporation and powers of certain water companies validated L.1926, c. 158, p. 263, entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act for the construction, maintenance and operation of waterworks for the purpose of supplying cities, to…

48:19-26. Nonprofit senior citizen cooperative associations; exceptions from rules and laws on rates The Board of Public Utility Commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to grant exceptions from the literal requirements of those provisions of chapters 2, 3 and 19 of Title…

48:19-27. Applications for exception An application for an exception authorized pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be filed in writing with, and upon forms supplied by, the board, and shall contain such information as the board shall require. L.1973, c. 160…

48:19-28. Exceptions granted; record; public examination The board shall maintain a record of all exceptions granted, and shall make such record reasonably available for public examination. L.1973, c. 160, s. 3, eff. June 7, 1973.

48:19-29 Definitions. 1. As used in P.L.2023, c.315 (C.48:19-29 et seq.): "Adjusted weighted average cost of capital" means the weighted average of the debt and equity components of a utility's capital structure, where the equity component shall equal the equity rate approved by …

48:19-30 Utility, recovery, RESIC rate implementation. 2. a. A utility may seek recovery through the implementation of a RESIC rate for any cost made, or to be made, by a utility, which cost is related to the: (1) direct or indirect compliance with one or more requirements, inclu…

48:19-31 RESIC implementation, board authorization. 3. a. (1) The board shall authorize the implementation of a RESIC by a utility to recover costs associated with RESIC-eligible projects through an approved RESIC rate. (2) A utility that offers more than one regulated service ma…

48:19-32 Subsequent RESIC filings, requirements. 4. a. Following board approval of the utility's foundational filing, each subsequent RESIC filing made by a utility shall include the following: (1) a detailed description of all RESIC-eligible projects placed in-service, which des…

48:19-33 RESIC-eligible project plant additions, base rate case. 5. a. If RESIC-eligible project plant additions are placed in-service during the test year of a utility's base rate case, and the plant additions are not recovered as part of a routine RESIC filing, then the plant a…

48:19-34 Carryover costs, RESIC-cap calculation. 6. a. All carryover costs permitted by this section and included in a RESIC rate shall be included in the calculation of the RESIC-cap. b. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, when a utility has comm…

48:19-35 Recovered revenues, RESEIC rate, calculation. 7. a. The revenues to be recovered through the RESIC rate shall be calculated as follows: (1) the eligible net investment shall equal the eligible investment, less the per-book accumulated depreciation amount recorded for the…

48:19-36 Utility, board-approved RESIC, identify, list amount owed by customer, separate, utility bill. 8. a. If a utility has a board-approved RESIC, the utility shall identify and list the amount owed by the customer, based on the RESIC rate calculated in accordance with sectio…

48:19-5. Extension of chapter to companies filing certificate prior to January 1, 1920 Any company incorporated prior to April fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, under any other act of the legislature than this chapter, engaged on said date in supplying water for …

48:19-6. Extension of chapter to companies filing certificate prior to January 1, 1926 Any company incorporated prior to March twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, under any other act of the legislature than this chapter, or any company incorporated under this chap…

48:19-7. Extension of chapter to companies filing certificate prior to January 1, 1934 Any company incorporated prior to April tenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, under any other act of the legislature than this chapter, or any company incorporated under this chapt…

48:19-8. Incorporation of certain companies recognized; powers Any company, however incorporated, which on March twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, was actually engaged in supplying one or more municipalities with water for public and private use, and which…