Latest New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Stories
NEWARK, N.J., June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a filing made today with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, PSE&G has proposed to lower winter natural gas bills this fall by an additional 5.2 percent a month for residential customers. If the request is approved by the BPU, it will result in the ninth decrease in a row in natural gas supply charges, for a total savings of 39 percent -- or about $674 -- since January 2009, when wholesale prices started to drop. The company...
NEWARK, N.J., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PSE&G today announced it has reached agreement with staff of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and Division of Rate Counsel and will not report current customer information to credit reporting agencies. PSE&G also agreed to file a petition seeking BPU approval prior to reporting current customer account information in the future. The utility had made known its intent to begin reporting such information in early 2010 but...
NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Diverse suppliers are encouraged to register for an upcoming conference that will help them make inroads with some of New Jersey's biggest businesses. The Supplier Diversity Development Council's annual conference will be held on September 27th at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel in Elizabeth. It will help small, minority, women and service-disabled veteran owned businesses make the connections that will help them do business with some of...
NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on Thursday (Sept. 16) granted Verizon's request to provide customers with an online, electronic version of the Verizon White Pages directory as the primary means to access residential telephone directory information. Beginning in December, most Verizon directories delivered in New Jersey will not include residential white pages listings. At that time, customers can request a free printed or CD-ROM directory...
NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- PSE&G will lower residential gas bills by an additional 6.8 percent, or about $14 per month for the typical residential customer. Approved today by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), this latest reduction follows a net 4 percent reduction PSE&G implemented on July 9 for residential gas customers. Under the new gas supply rates, a residential gas heating customer who uses 160 therms in a winter month, or 1,050 therms per year, will...
NEWARK, N.J., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Citing the continuing decrease in the wholesale cost of natural gas, PSE&G has proposed to lower residential gas bills this fall by an additional 6.8 percent, or about $14 per month for the typical residential customer. The company's annual filing with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) today would follow a net 4 percent reduction PSE&G implemented on July 9 for residential gas customers. A customer's gas bill is composed...
NEWARK, N.J., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) today received approval from state regulators to increase its gas delivery base rates by a modest 0.9 percent. At the same time, the company agreed to lower residential natural gas supply charges by about 5 percent, resulting in an immediate 4 percent overall bill decrease for the typical residential gas customer. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approved an increase in overall gas...
NEWARK, N.J., June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) announced that its customer electric rates will change slightly as a result of a decision today by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU). The rates reflect the net effect of the BPU's approval for PSE&G to implement a modest increase in base electric distribution rates offset by a customer refund that will be effective during the next two years. On a related front, the Board...
MONTEBELLO, N.Y., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents and businesses throughout New Jersey now have the opportunity to manage their electricity and natural gas costs by selecting Gateway Energy Services as their alternative supplier through the New Jersey Energy Choice Program. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080314/NYF069LOGO ) Gateway Energy is the only independent retail energy supplier offering both residents and businesses, statewide, an option to purchase natural gas and...
CHERRY HILL, N.J., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey American Water announced today that it has filed for new rates with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, which will increase the average customer's monthly water bill by $7.10 or 23 cents per day. As part of this rate filing, the company has proposed implementing innovative residential water conservation programs, expanding assistance to low income customers, and creating new rate structures that would encourage conservation and...
