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A1331 • 2026

Prohibits BPU from approving electric public utility rate increase without full rate review.

Prohibits BPU from approving electric public utility rate increase without full rate review.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Miller, Cody D.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits BPU from approving electric public utility rate increase without full rate review.

Prohibits BPU from approving electric public utility rate increase without full rate review.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits BPU from approving electric public utility rate increase without full rate review.
  • Topic: Telecommunications and Utilities Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits BPU from approving electric public utility rate increase without full rate review.
Topic:
Telecommunications and Utilities
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1331

ASSEMBLY, No. 1331

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ

District 33 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Hutchison

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits BPU from approving electric public utility
rate increase without full rate review.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning electric public utility rate increases and
supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding any law,
rule, or regulation to the contrary, after the effective date of
P.L. , c.
(C. ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill), the Board of Public Utilities shall not approve the
request of any electric public utility to increase any component of an electric
rate charged to ratepayers without conducting a full rate review for the
electric public utility.

���� For the purposes of this
section, �electric public 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.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits the Board
of Public Utilities from approving the request of any electric public utility
to increase any component of an electric rate charged to ratepayers without
conducting a full rate review for the electric public utility.