New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A5523: Electric public utilities-submit report to BPU following major outage events
Status: In committee, September 17, 2026
Requires electric public utilities to submit report to BPU following major outage events.
What the bill says
An Act concerning electric public utility reporting requirements and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statues.
From the introduced text, September 17, 2026:
An Act concerning electric public utility reporting requirements and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statues. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. As used in this section: Board means the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency. Electric public utility or utility means a public utility, as that term is defined in R.S.48:2-13, that transmits and distributes electricity to end users within the State. Major outage event means any interruption of electric public utility service that causes at least 2,000 customers of an electric public utility to lose electric public utility service for a period of at least 24 consecutive hours. b. Within 30 days following the conclusion of the major outage event, an electric public utility shall report the following information, at a minimum, to the board: (1) a description of the reason for the major outage event, including the exact locations where the major outage event occurred; (2) the total number of electric public utility customers affected by the major outage event within the relevant service area; (3) a timeline of events, including the onset of the electric public utility system failures, and the completion of power restoration efforts by the electric public utility; (4) an engineering analysis, including any operational, equipment, infrastructure, or …
Sponsors
- Gregory P. McGuckin (R, 10) · primary sponsor
- Victoria A. Flynn (R, 13)
- Gerry Scharfenberger (R, 13)
- Dawn Fantasia (R, 24)
Latest actions
- : INT 1RA REF ATU
Subjects: PUBLIC UTILITIES
Common questions
- What is A5523?
- A5523 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Electric public utilities-submit report to BPU following major outage events.
- What does A5523 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning electric public utility reporting requirements and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statues.
- What is the status of A5523?
- In committee as of September 17, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RA REF ATU (September 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5523?
- Gregory P. McGuckin (R, 10), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A5523?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5523
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