Title 48, PUBLIC UTILITIES

48:8-2. Table of rates; posting at ferry. 48:8-2. a. The owner or operator of every ferry shall erect and maintain, where the ferry is kept, a post with a table of the rates and route schedule fixed by the board, printed, written, or painted in large capitals, annexed thereto. Th…

48:8-3. Taking excessive fare; penalty. Any ferryman, keeper of a ferry or his servant who shall demand or take a greater fare than that fixed by the board shall for every such offense be liable to a penalty of three dollars.

48:8-4. Proper boats adequately equipped required; penalties. The owner or keeper of every ferry shall provide proper boats or other vessels sufficient for the safe and speedy transportation of passengers, horses, cattle, vehicles and goods, and properly furnished with the necess…

48:8-5. Refusal to or delay in carrying passengers or goods; exception. Every ferryman shall give constant and diligent attendance to his ferry, and shall not deny or unnecessarily delay the carrying over any passenger, horses, cattle, vehicles or goods under the penalty of three…

48:8-6. Ejecting persons from ferryboats. Every ferryman may exclude or eject from his ferryboat or other vessel any person who shall attempt to enter, or enter or stay therein contrary to the order of the ferryman. The person so doing contrary to his order shall be liable to a p…

48:8-7. Persons carried according to arrival; penalty All persons shall be received into the ferryboats or vessels and carried over the ferry according to their arrival at the ferry, provided all public officers and such as go on public or urgent occasions, as posts, couriers, ph…

48:8-8. Maintenance of safe landing places 48:8-8. All owners or keepers of ferries shall construct and maintain safe places of landing, where they are needed, upon penalty of forfeiting such sum as the Superior Court shall, upon complaint, determine to be sufficient to construct…

48:8-9. Actions for penalties The penalties imposed by this article, except section 48:8-8 of this title, shall be recoverable by action at law, with costs, by any person who will sue for the same.

48:9-17. Powers of gas company; consent to laying of conductors Every gas company heretofore organized under this chapter or hereafter organized under Title 14, Corporations, General, of the Revised Statutes may manufacture, sell, furnish and distribute such quantities of gas sui…

48:9-18. Companies may mortgage property and franchises Any company organized under this chapter may mortgage any or all of its property, real or personal, including franchises, when necessary to enable it to carry on its operations.

48:9-19. Increasing bonded indebtedness Any gas company incorporated under the laws of this state, which by the terms of its charter is restricted as to the amount of its bonded indebtedness to an amount less than two-thirds of the amount of its capital stock, may by a majority v…

48:9-21. Manner of laying pipes Every gas company organized under the laws of this State shall lay its main or distributing gas pipes at the greatest practicable distance from any pipe of any other company and at a horizontal distance of 1 foot at least from the nearest part of a…

48:9-23. Extension of main pipes to neighboring municipality Any gas company now existing, whether by special charter or by organization under an act entitled "An act to authorize the formation of gas light corporations and regulate the same," approved April 21, 1876, or hereafte…

48:9-24. Piping gas to other municipalities Any corporation of this state, having lawful authority to lay or maintain gas pipes or mains in the streets and public places of a municipality for the distribution of gas, may use its pipes or mains within the municipality for the tran…

48:9-24.1. Condemnation; authority; purposes Any gas utility which is empowered to manufacture and sell gas of any type or mixture of gas of various types suitable for light, heat or power, may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof in takin…

48:9-25.1. Approval by Board of Public Utility Commissioners of character or heating quality of gas or of change therein required No gas company subject to regulation by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners of this State shall change the character or heating quality of gas s…

48:9-25.2. Corporations manufacturing gas may distribute natural gas Any corporation now or hereafter organized or existing under any law of this State, which is empowered to manufacture and sell gas of any type or any mixture of gases of various types, suitable for light, heat o…

48:9-25.3. Powers granted by act are additional powers The rights, powers and privileges conferred by this act shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, or in derogation of, whatever other rights, powers, privileges, franchises and authority such corporation may have.…

48:9-25.4. Distribution of natural gas; designation of route Any gas company organized under the laws of this State in addition to but not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws under which it was organized may construct, lay, maintain and use facilities, conductors, m…

48:9-25.8. Franchise, consents, permits and rights related to maintenance and operation of gas properties and facilities may also be acquired Any corporation now or hereafter organized and existing under any law of this State, which is empowered to manufacture or sell gas of any …

48:9-25.9. Rights of corporation to which sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment has been made The corporation to whom such sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment has been made, shall, thereupon, have and possess all the rights, powers, and privileges to and in such franchi…

48:9-26. Companies which may extend their corporate existence Any company incorporated under the laws of this state prior to April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and engaged in supplying gas for public or private use in a municipality in this state having a pop…

48:9-27. Certificate; filing; contents Such extension shall be made by filing with the secretary of state a certificate signed by the president and secretary under the corporate seal, acknowledged or proved as in case of deeds of real estate, with the written assent of all the st…

48:9-28. Affidavit of doing business There shall be filed with the certificate and assent an affidavit by the president and secretary that the company is at the time actually engaged in the conduct of the business for which it incorporated within the municipality named in the cer…

48:9-29. Privileges conferred by extension Upon making and filing the certificate, and paying the same fee imposed upon other companies for certificates of incorporation, the period of existence of the company shall be extended as declared in the certificate and such company may …

48:9-30. No exclusive privileges; general laws applicable Nothing contained in this article shall invest such company with any exclusive privileges, or exempt it from the operation of any general laws passed after April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, relating t…

48:9-31. Rights of state preserved Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with the right of the state reserved by any law to acquire the property and franchises of any such company, or at any time to abolish, repeal, alter or amend the charter of any su…

48:9-32. Taxes according to general laws Every company whose corporate existence is extended, renewed and continued as authorized by this article shall be assessed for taxes in accordance with the provisions of the general law of this state relating to the taxation of corporation…

48:9-33 Penalties for violation of natural gas pipelines safety. 1. a. Any person who is determined by the Board of Public Utilities, after notice and opportunity to be heard, to have violated the provisions of any law, rule, regulation, or order relating to natural gas pipeline …

48:9-5. Exclusive franchises; general laws applicable No exclusive privilege granted prior to April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, in the charter of any company to construct and operate a gas works shall be construed to remain exclusive and no like fran…

48:9A-1 Findings, declarations relative to nuclear energy. 1. a. The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing the State today and in the future. Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, other greenhouse gases, and other pollutants…

48:9A-10 Negotiations with provisionally qualified projects. 5. a. Following a board order granting provisional qualification status to a proposed project, the board and the authority shall enter into negotiations with any provisionally qualified project concerning the RCC price …

48:9A-11 Project approval, stipulations. 6. a. No later than 90 days after receiving a stipulation pursuant to subsection e. of section 5 of this act, the board, after consultation with the Division of Rate Counsel, in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury, and after provid…

48:9A-12 Reliable Capacity Certificate program. 7. a. No later than 18 months after first issuing a board order memorializing qualified project terms pursuant to section 6 of this act, the board shall establish, by adopting rules and regulations, a Reliable Capacity Certificate p…

48:9A-13 Information submitted to be subject to confidentiality procedures. 8. The financial and other information submitted to the board and authority pursuant to sections 4, 5, and 6 of this act may be submitted on a confidential basis and shall be subject to the confidentialit…

48:9A-14 Rules, regulations. 9. Notwithstanding any provision of the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to the contrary, the board, in consultation with the authority, is authorized to adopt immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrat…

48:9A-2 Definitions relative to nuclear energy. 2. As used in this act: "Board" means the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency. "Electric public utility" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51). "Eligibility perio…

48:9A-3 Information included with application; certification. 3. a. As part of an application submitted to the board pursuant to subsection c. of this section, a nuclear power plant seeking to participate in the program established by this act shall provide to the board any finan…

48:9A-4 Study by BPU to evaluate efficacy of program. 4. a. No later than 10 years after the date of enactment of this act, the Board of Public Utilities shall conduct a study to evaluate the efficacy of the zero emission certificate program and submit a written report thereon to…

48:9A-5 Severability. 5. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, that judgment or decision shall not affect other provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the invalid or unc…

48:9A-6 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Powering Opportunity, Workforce, and Energy Reliability for New Jersey Act” or “Power NJ Act.” L.2026, c.42, s.1.

48:9A-7 Findings, declarations. 2. a. The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Electricity consumption, primarily driven by data center consumption, is increasing across the regional grid at a pace that outstrips the entry of new generation resources, placing the reliability …

48:9A-8 Definitions. 3. As used in this act: “AACE” means the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering. “Advanced nuclear energy project” means a project to construct a nuclear electricity generation facility of at least one advanced nuclear reactor located in the Stat…

48:9A-9 Program established to promote construction of affordable advanced nuclear energy projects. 4. a. The board shall establish a program, in accordance with the provisions of this act, to promote the construction of affordable advanced nuclear energy projects in the State. b…

48:10-1. Power to condemn; state water policy commission unaffected Pipe line companies, associations and corporations may acquire by condemnation land and other property necessary for public use for right of way in the manner prescribed by chapter 1 of the title Eminent Domain (…

48:10-1.1. Power to condemn; department of conservation and economic development unaffected Pipe line utilities may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided in sections 48 and 49 hereof in taking land and other property necessary for public use for right-of-way. Nothing i…