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A2127 • 2026

Prohibits certain public utilities from charging residents of multi-unit dwellings meter-reading fees in certain circumstances.

Prohibits certain public utilities from charging residents of multi-unit dwellings meter-reading fees in certain circumstances.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Carter, Linda S.
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits certain public utilities from charging residents of multi-unit dwellings meter-reading fees in certain circumstances.

Prohibits certain public utilities from charging residents of multi-unit dwellings meter-reading fees in certain circumstances.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits certain public utilities from charging residents of multi-unit dwellings meter-reading fees in certain circumstances.
  • Topic: Economic Growth Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee

  2. 2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature

    Motion To Aa (Sauickie)

  3. 2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature

    Motion To Table (Greenwald) (41-21-1)

  4. 2026-03-23 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Assembly (72-0-0)

  5. 2026-03-16 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

  6. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits certain public utilities from charging residents of multi-unit dwellings meter-reading fees in certain circumstances.
Topic:
Economic Growth
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2127 TR

ASSEMBLY, No. 2127

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Assemblywoman CARMEN THERESA MORALES

District 34 (Essex)

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Speight

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits certain public utilities from charging
residents of multi-unit dwellings meter-reading fees in certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Telecommunications and
Utilities Committee with technical review.

��

An Act
concerning public utility meter-reading fees and
supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� As used in 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.

���� �Gas public utility� means a public utility, as
that term is defined in R.S.48:2-13, that distributes gas to end users within
the State.

���� �Meter-reading fee� means a fee charged to an
electric public utility or gas public utility customer who has opted out of
smart meter installation, and which fee is intended to cover the cost of manual
meter readings conducted by an electric public utility or gas public utility.

���� �Smart meter� means a metering device that
employs smart meter technology to measure, record, and transmit utility usage
data to both a public utility and a customer for billing and other purposes.�
�Smart meter� shall include a basic hourly interval meter, a meter with one-way
communication, and a real-time meter with built-in, two-way communication
capable of recording and transmitting instantaneous utility usage data.

���� b.��� Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation,
or order to the contrary, no electric public utility or gas public utility
shall charge a residential customer who resides in a multi-unit dwelling a
meter-reading fee that exceeds the cost of the residential customer�s
electricity or gas usage for that billing cycle.

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