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A4801 1R
[First Reprint]
ASSEMBLY, No. 4801
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
�
INTRODUCED MARCH 23, 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman� DAVID BAILEY, JR.
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblywoman� ANDREA KATZ
District 8 (Atlantic and Burlington)
Assemblyman� WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
���� Establishes certain protections against demand by
large-load addition customers in State.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As reported by the Assembly Telecommunications and
Utilities Committee on June 4, 2026, with amendments.
��
An Act
establishing certain protections against demand by large-load
addition customers in the State and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised
Statutes.
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
����� 1.�� As
used in P.L. , c.
(C. ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill):�
����� �Board�
means the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities or a successor agency.
����� �Electric
public utility� means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of
P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51).
����� �Large-load
addition customer� means
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an
1
individual
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[
additions
]
addition
1
of load at or above
50 MW
1
[
at a single point of interconnection
]
or an alternative MW threshold set by the board
pursuant to section 5 of P.L. , c.
(C. ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill)
1
.
����� �Load-serving
entity� means an entity, or the duly-designated agent of the entity, including
a load aggregator or power marketer, that serves end-users within the State and
is authorized to sell electric energy to end-users located within the State.�
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�Load-serving entity� includes a large-load addition
customer serving as the large-load addition customer�s own load-serving entity.
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����� �PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C.� or �PJM� means the same as that term is defined in
section 3 of P.L.1999, c.23 (C.48:3-51).
����� �Reliability
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[
backstop
]
1
procurement� means a PJM-approved mechanism to
procure long-term
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[
contracts
]
commitments
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from new capacity resources, however constituted,
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that are
1
deemed necessary to ensure electric system reliability
1
[
during periods when market-based outcomes are
insufficient to meet forecasted needs
]
1
.
����� 2.�� When
issued a curtailment obligation or directive from PJM due to a load-serving
entity�s
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or an electric public utility�s
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provision of service to a large-load addition
customer, the load-serving entity
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or electric public utility
1
shall impose PJM�s curtailment obligation or
directive solely on the load-serving entity�s
1
or electric public utility�s
1
large-load addition customers
1
, as appropriate
1
.� However, nothing in this section shall be
construed to prevent a load-serving entity
1
or an electric public utility
1
from taking necessary action to maintain system
reliability and adopting voluntary load curtailment programs.
����� 3.�� Any
financial or other obligation associated with
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[
the
]
a
1
reliability
1
[
backstop
]
1
procurement, or other comparable assignment of
long-term capacity obligations, that is assigned to a load-serving entity
1
or an electric public utility
1
shall be passed through
1
or allocated
1
to large-load addition customers under
substantially-similar terms as PJM assigns the financial or other obligations
to the load-serving entity
1
or electric public utility
1
.
����� 4.�� In
order to receive electric public utility service from an electric public
utility in the State, a large-load addition customer shall:� provide
appropriate financial security
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,
1
in a manner approved by the board, to
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[
either
]
1
the load serving entity
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[
or
]
, PJM,
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the electric public utility,
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or other entity,
1
as appropriate, to ensure that costs associated
with
1
a
1
reliability
1
[
backstop
]
1
procurement are not passed through to other New
Jersey customers,
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even
1
if the large-load addition customer�s demand on the electrical grid
1
[
necessitates reliability backstop procurement
through PJM
]
does not fully materialize over the term of the
reliability procurement commitment
1
; and submit detailed information to PJM, including, but not limited to,
expected load usage, peak load, utilization, dependency on other proposed
projects, and any other information requested by PJM.
���� 5.��� The
board shall, in accordance with the �Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968,
c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations as necessary to
implement the provisions of
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[
this act
]
P.L. ,
c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill)
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, including
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rules and regulations
determining
an alternative MW threshold
for large-load addition customers and
1
the form of the appropriate financial security pursuant to section 4 of
P.L. , c.
(C. ) (pending before the
Legislature as this bill).
���� 6.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.