Sponsored by:
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Requires BPU to establish procedures allowing electric power and gas supplier customers to switch energy suppliers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning third-party electric power and gas supplier customer contracts, and supplementing P.L.1999, c.23.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Board of Public Utilities shall establish procedures to ensure that within 30 calendar days of a customer’s request, a customer shall be permitted to switch electric generation service from an electric power supplier to a basic generation service provider, or switch gas supply service from a gas supplier to a basic gas supply service.
2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day after the date of enactment and shall apply to contracts formed or renewed on or after the effective date of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Board of Public Utilities to establish procedures to ensure that within 30 calendar days of a customer’s request, a customer shall be permitted to switch electric generation service from an electric power supplier to a basic generation service provider, or switch gas supply service from a gas supplier to a basic gas supply service.