Bill Text: NJ A3739 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Concerns street light outage reporting.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-23 - Substituted by S1349 (1R) [A3739 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A3739-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ANGEL FUENTES
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman UPENDRA J. CHIVUKULA
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
SYNOPSIS
Concerns street light outage reporting.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning street light outage reporting and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Each electric public utility, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51), shall, upon the direction of the Board of Public Utilities, prepare and file with the Board of Public Utilities, a street light outage plan within the electric public utility's service territory. The plan shall be designed for the provision of reasonably prompt reporting of street light outages, and may include the following:
a. Methods to inform and educate the public and local officials concerning utilization of the electric public utility's existing street light outage reporting system;
b. Methods to identify and monitor street light outages in areas where outages may occur with increased frequency due to human interference, or where street light outages may pose an increased risk to public safety. An electric public utility shall engage local elected officials and law enforcement as appropriate;
c. Information regarding factors which contribute to the cost, timing, and manner of work required for street light outage restoration, such as whether restoration may involve the maintenance or repair of equipment that is located underground; and
d. Any method to improve the reporting and restoration of street light outages, which the electric public utility determines is reasonable.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill directs every electric public utility (utility) doing business in New Jersey, upon the direction of the Board of Public Utilities (BPU), to prepare and file with the BPU, a street light outage plan within the utility's service territory. The plan is to be designed for the provision of reasonably prompt reporting of street light outages, and may include the following:
(1) Methods to inform and educate the public and local officials concerning utilization of the utility's existing street light outage reporting system;
(2) Methods to identify and monitor street light outages in areas where outages may occur with increased frequency due to human interference, or where street light outages may pose an increased risk to public safety. A utility is to engage local elected officials and law enforcement as appropriate;
(3) Information regarding factors which contribute to the cost, timing, and manner of work required for street light outage restoration, such as whether restoration may involve the maintenance or repair of equipment that is located underground; and
(4) Any method to improve the reporting and restoration of street light outages, which the utility determines is reasonable.
