Bill Text: NJ S3305 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires BPU to allow low- and moderate-income residential customers to self-attest to income for participation in community solar programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-12-15 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S3305 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-S3305-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Senator BOB SMITH
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires BPU to allow low- and moderate-income residential customers to self-attest to income for participation in community solar programs.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee on December 15, 2022, with amendments.
An Act concerning community solar programs and self-attestation of low- and moderate-income residential customers and supplementing 1[P.L.2021, c.169] P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.8 et al.)1 .
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Board of Public Utilities shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations to supplement the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1[c. of section 2 of P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-115)] f. of section 5 of P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.11)1 to allow low- and moderate-income residential customers to self-attest to the customer's income, in a form and manner to be determined by the board, as an acceptable income verification method for participation in a community solar program in this State established pursuant to 1[P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-114 et al.)] P.L.2018, c.17 (C.48:3-87.8 et al.)1 .
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month next following enactment, except that the Board of Public Utilities may take anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of the act.
