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A1062
ASSEMBLY, No. 1062
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman KEVIN P. EGAN
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Simmons, Speight and Reynolds-Jackson
SYNOPSIS
���� Provides for State agency reviews and increases of
income thresholds for residential customers to participate in certain utility
bill payment assistance and energy efficiency programs.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
providing for reviews and increases of income
thresholds for certain utility bill payment assistance and energy efficiency
programs.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
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1.��� Within one year of the effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� (pending
before the Legislature as this bill), the Department of Community Affairs,
Department of Human Services, Board of Public Utilities, and any other State
agency that administers a utility bill payment assistance program or energy
efficiency program active upon the effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� (pending
before the Legislature as this bill) shall review the income threshold for
residential customers to participate in those programs, and increase the income
threshold if the department, board, or agency determines an increase to be
appropriate.� A review completed pursuant to this section shall consider
factors such as the alignment of separate low-income and moderate-income income
thresholds used across programs and agencies, the use of alternate income
thresholds, including State median income, and the aggregate cost and impacts
of the increased income thresholds.� A State agency shall request public
comment, in a form and manner determined by that State agency, or seek
assistance from other State agencies, to determine an appropriate increase to
the program�s income threshold.� If an increase in income thresholds for the
State�s low-income energy efficiency programs is ordered, the Board of Public
Utilities shall assess if further guidance is necessary to change income
thresholds in the utilities� triennium energy efficiency and peak demand
reduction programs for moderate-income energy efficiency programs to ensure
that low- and moderate-income customers are eligible for only one energy
efficiency assistance program and to expand access to moderate-income programs,
if appropriate.
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall expire upon the date of the final income threshold
increase required of a State agency.
STATEMENT
����� This bill requires the Department of Community
Affairs, Department of Human Services, Board of Public Utilities (BPU), and any
other State agency that administers a utility bill payment assistance program
or energy efficiency program to, within one year of the bill�s effective date,
complete a review of the program, as provided for in the bill, and increase the
income threshold if the department, board, or agency determines an increase to
be appropriate.�
����� The bill requires that a State agency request public
comment, in a form and manner determined by that State agency, or seek
assistance from other State agencies, to determine an appropriate increase to
the program�s income threshold.
����� The bill further specifies that if an increase in
income thresholds for the State�s low-income energy efficiency programs is
ordered, the BPU is required to assess if further guidance is necessary to
change income thresholds in the utilities� triennium energy efficiency and peak
demand reduction programs for moderate-income energy efficiency programs to
ensure that low- and moderate-income customers are eligible for only one energy
efficiency assistance program and to expand access to moderate-income programs,
if appropriate.