Bill Text: NJ A3250 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public utilities to provide certain information on customer bills.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-01-13 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee [A3250 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2026-A3250-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 3250

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DAN HUTCHISON

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA

District 34 (Essex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires public utilities to provide certain information on customer bills.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning public utility bills and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  As used in this section, "public utility" means a public utility as defined in R.S.48:2-13. 

     b.    A public utility shall include a bill insert to the utility bill of any customer affected by an increase to an individual rate, joint rate, toll, charge, or schedule approved by the Board of Public Utilities.  The bill insert shall be provided in 12-point font, be written in plain language, in both English and Spanish, and include, but not be limited to:

     (1) an itemized list of any increases to an individual rate, joint rate,   toll, charge, or schedule affecting that customer; and

     (2) an explanation of the reasoning behind any increases.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires public utilities to provide additional information in a consumer utility bills.  Specifically, the bill requires a public utility that has been approved for an increase in an individual rate, joint rate, toll, charge, or schedule by the Board of Public Utilities (board) to provide a bill insert to the affected customers.  The bill requires the bill insert to be provided in 12-point font, be written in plain language, in both English and Spanish, and include, but not be limited to:  (1) an itemized list of any increases to an individual rate, joint rate, toll, charge, or schedule affecting that customer; and (2) an explanation of the reasoning behind any increases.

     It is the sponsor's intent that this bill will make public utilities billing practices more transparent and lead to greater accountability.