Title 48, Title 48: PUBLIC UTILITIES

48:2-93 Findings, declarations relative to BPU Business Ombudsman. 2. The Legislature finds and determines that: a. The attraction and retention of new and existing businesses is vital to the continued economic development of the State. b. The increasing complexity of energy issu…

48:2-94 Definitions relative to BPU Business Ombudsman. 3. As used in this act: "Act" means the "BPU Business Ombudsman Act." "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities. "Business project or activity" means a new commercial or industrial business or enterprise or the expansion o…

48:2-95 BPU Business Ombudsman; appointment, powers, duties, funding. 4. a. There is hereby created a BPU Business Ombudsman in the board to provide information and assistance to any business, located in this State or seeking to relocate in this State, with regard to energy costs…

48:2-96 Function of office of BPU Business Ombudsman. 5. It shall be the function of the office to: a. Assist businesses with obtaining information concerning energy costs in response to requests from businesses; b. Monitor the impact of State energy costs on business projects an…

48:2-97 Annual report to board. 6. The Ombudsman shall make an annual report to the board of the office's operations, and render such other reports as the board shall from time to time request or as may be required by law. L.2005,c.215,s.6.

48:2-98 Rules, regulations. 7. The board may, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt such rules and regulations, as shall be necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.2005,c.215,s.7.

48:3-1. Unjust or unreasonable discriminations or classifications of rates; "board" defined No public utility shall: a. Make, impose or exact any unjust or unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential individual or joint rate, commutation rate, mileage and other s…

48:3-10 Sale or transfer of stock unless authorized by board prohibited; exceptions. 48:3-10. a. Except as otherwise provided by subsection b. of this section, no public utility incorporated under the laws of this State shall sell, nor shall any such public utility make or permit…

48:3-100 Applicability of act. 2. a. The provisions of this act shall apply to the testing, certification and enforcement of efficiency standards for the following types of new products sold, offered for sale or installed in the State: (1) commercial clothes washers; (2) commerci…

48:3-101 Rules, regulations establishing minimum energy efficiency standards. 3. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Proce…

48:3-102 Compliance of new products with standards, time. 4. a. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, within two years of the effective date of this act, no new product of a type set forth in section 2 of this act may be sold or offered for sale in the State unless…

48:3-103 Procedures for testing energy efficiency of new products. 5. a. The Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," procedures for testing the energy efficiency of …

48:3-104 Periodic inspections of distributors, retailers. 6. The Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, may cause periodic inspections to be made of distributors or retailers of new products covered by section 2 of this act i…

48:3-105 Investigations of complaints; violations, penalties. 7. a. The Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, shall cause investigations to be made of complaints received concerning violations of this act and shall report th…

48:3-106 Further regulations. 8. The Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any further regulations as may be necessary to imple…

48:3-106.1 Definitions. 1. As used in in P.L.2021, c.200 (C.48:3-106.1 et seq.): "ANSI" means American National Standards Institute. "ASHRAE" means the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities or any su…

48:3-106.2 School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program Fund. 2. a. The Board of Public Utilities shall establish and administer a fund to be known as the School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program Fund for the purpose of providing grants to boar…

48:3-106.3 Modifications to law, regulation that may interfere with expedited award. 3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, for the purpose of expediting the board's procurement of technical services to administer the SSBVEEVR and the SSBNPFA Progr…

48:3-106.4 SSBVEEVR program. 4. a. The board shall establish and administer the SSBVEEVR Program to award grants to boards of education and small businesses to ensure schools under board of education jurisdiction and small businesses shall have functional HVAC systems that are te…

48:3-106.5 Administration of School and Small Business Noncompliant Plumbing Fixture and Appliance Program. 5. a. The board shall establish and administer the School and Small Business Noncompliant Plumbing Fixture and Appliance Program to provide grants to boards of education an…

48:3-106.6 Rules, regulations. 6. The Board of Public Utilities may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of P.L.2021, c.200 (C.48:3-106.1 et seq.). The board may ado…

48:3-107 Program for certification of persons who install renewable energy devices in buildings; fee schedule; rules, regulations. 1. a. The Board of Public Utilities shall within 180 days of the enactment of this act, establish a program for the certification of persons who inst…

48:3-108 Standard request for proposal. 7. a. The Board of Public Utilities, in consultation with the State Treasurer and the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, shall establish, in a form similar to that prescribed by the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, …

48:3-109 BPU designated as responsible agency. 8. a. The Board of Public Utilities is designated as the agency of the State Government responsible for implementing and enforcing the provisions of P.L.2009, c.4 (C.18A:18A-4.6 et al.) and for responding to requests for assistance f…

48:3-11. Article to govern granting of consents; "street" defined Where by law the consent of a municipality is required for the use of any street either above, below or on the surface thereof, such consent shall not be granted except as hereinafter in this article provided. The …

48:3-110 Definitions relative to certain electric generation facilities. 1. As used in P.L.2017, c.357 (C.48:3-110 et seq.): "Facility" means a small scale hydropower facility put into service after the effective date of P.L.2012, c.24 with a capacity of three megawatts or less o…

48:3-111 Connection with distribution network. 2. At the request of an owner of a facility, an electric public utility shall install distribution lines to connect the facility with the electric public utility's distribution network. The electric public utility may charge the owne…

48:3-111.1 Electric public utility, authorize, installation, operation, meter collar adapter, conditions; definitions. 1. a. An electric public utility shall authorize the installation and operation of a meter collar adapter, whether owned by a residential customer, by the utilit…

48:3-112 Net metering, rate. 3. a. (1) An electric power supplier or a basic generation service provider shall offer a facility net metering at a non-discriminatory rate. If the amount of electricity generated by the facility, plus any kilowatt hour credits held over from previou…

48:3-113 Standby charge. 4. a. Upon request to an electric public utility, electric power supplier, or basic generation service provider for standby power by a facility that supplies power to an end-use customer pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2017, c.357 (C.48:3-112) or the end-use…

48:3-114 Findings, declarations relative to certain solar energy projects. 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. In order to achieve the State's goal of securing 50 percent of its electricity supply from renewable energy by 2030 with the least cost and the greates…

48:3-115 SREC-II program. 2. a. There is established in the Board of Public Utilities a program to be known as the SREC-II program, which shall serve as the successor program to the SREC program established pursuant to section 38 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-87). The goal of the pro…

48:3-116 Development of small solar facilities incentive program. 3. a. The board shall develop, as part of the SREC-II program, a small solar facilities incentive program to award SREC-IIs to the owners of community solar facilities, solar facilities up to five megawatts in size…

48:3-117 Solicitation process for awarding contracts. 4. a. The board shall develop and administer, as part of the SREC-II program, a transparent, fair, and competitive solicitation process for awarding SREC-II contracts to promote the construction of solar electric power generat…

48:3-118 Requirements for solar electric power generation facilities receiving SREC-II grants. 5. a. No solar electric power generation facility shall simultaneously receive SREC-IIs pursuant to P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-114 et al.) and Class I RECs, SRECs, or any other comparable …

48:3-119 Siting criteria required to commence operation. 6. a. The board shall not authorize a grid supply solar facility or a net metered solar facility greater than five megawatts in size to commence operation, or to interconnect to an electric distribution or transmission syst…

48:3-12. Petition; contents No such consent shall be granted by a municipality until a petition shall have been filed with the clerk thereof by the person desiring the same. The petition shall specify the period for which the consent is asked, and the uses in detail for which the…

48:3-120 Report to Governor, Legislature. 7. The board shall submit a report on the SREC-II program to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature no later than 12 months after the adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to sec…

48:3-121 Qualified solar electric power generation facility, tolling event, deadline, extension, conditions; definitions. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-49 et al.), P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-114 et al.), or any other law, rule, regulation, or order t…

48:3-121.1 Definitions. 1. a. As used in this section: "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities. "Class I renewable energy" means the same as the term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51). "Electric public utility" means the same as the term is defined in sect…

48:3-121.2 Definitions. 1. As used in P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.): “Accredited capacity” means the amount of capacity, measured in megawatts of unforced capacity, that an eligible project can contribute toward New Jersey’s capacity needs or bid into the base residual au…

48:3-121.3 Transmission-scale energy storage systems development, incentive awards. 2. a. (1) The Board of Public Utilities shall establish a program to procure and provide incentive awards for the development of transmission-scale energy storage systems with a reasonable likelih…

48:3-121.4 BPU to initiate proceeding, determining extension of transmission-scale energy storage procurement; report to Governor, Legislature. 3. a. Within 30 days of meeting its 1,000 MW AC procurement goal established pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 2 of …

48:3-121.5 Extended procurement, transmission-scale energy storage, subsequent tranches. 4. a. If the board elects to extend its procurement of transmission-scale energy storage pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.4) through subs…

48:3-121.6 “Energy Storage Fund.” 5. a. There is established in the Board of Public Utilities a special, non-lapsing fund to be known as the “Energy Storage Fund.” The fund shall be administered by the board and shall be credited with: (1) monies deposited into the fund by the bo…

48:3-121.7 Rules, regulations. 6. a. (1) The board shall adopt, as expeditiously as possible, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations consistent with the purposes of P.L.2025, c.136 (C.48:3-121.2 et al.). (2) Not…