New Jersey
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
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3Upcoming Hearings
10Jun 10, 2026
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Active Proceedings
2Docket No. ER25100554
PSE&G seeks approval of a multi-year electric infrastructure advancement program to modernize the distribution grid and support clean energy investment. Filed October 2025.
Docket No. ER25040190
Annual BPU proceeding to set Basic Generation Service (BGS) electricity supply rates for New Jersey residential and small commercial customers for the 2026 rate year.
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State Intelligence
Updated Jun 1, 2026Utility Landscape
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G)
IOUNorthern and central New Jersey, serving approximately 3.8 million electric customers and 1.9 million gas customers
PSE&G is the state's largest utility and has been active with its Energy Strong and Clean Energy Future programs. Most recent base rate case (BPU Docket GR21050468) resulted in a settlement; the utility continues to pursue transmission and distribution capital recovery through infrastructure programs approved by FERC and BPU.
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L)
IOUCentral and northern New Jersey, approximately 1.1 million electric customers
JCP&L, a FirstEnergy subsidiary, has faced sustained regulatory scrutiny over reliability performance and storm response. The BPU has imposed reporting requirements and performance benchmarks; a base rate case filed in 2023 remains a reference point for ongoing revenue requirement and capital investment disputes.
Atlantic City Electric (ACE)
IOUSouthern New Jersey, approximately 560,000 electric customers
ACE, an Exelon subsidiary, filed its most recent base rate case in 2022 and reached a settlement increasing annual revenue by approximately $52 million. The utility is pursuing distribution system modernization investments aligned with New Jersey's Reliability Standards and clean energy mandates.
New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG)
IOUCentral and northern New Jersey coastal counties, approximately 560,000 gas customers
NJNG has pursued infrastructure investment recovery through the Accelerated Infrastructure Replacement Program (AIRP) and has engaged the BPU on gas decarbonization pathways including hydrogen blending pilots and demand-side fuel switching incentives consistent with New Jersey's Energy Master Plan.
South Jersey Industries / South Jersey Gas (SJG)
IOUSouthern New Jersey, approximately 400,000 gas customers across seven counties
Following its acquisition by Infrastructure Investments Fund, SJG has remained active in BPU proceedings on pipeline infrastructure replacement and gas decarbonization. The utility's role in a transitioning gas sector is under heightened scrutiny given New Jersey's 100% clean energy by 2035 statutory goal for electricity and broader decarbonization policy.
Elizabethtown Gas (ETG)
IOUNorth-central New Jersey, approximately 300,000 gas customers in Union, Middlesex, and surrounding counties
ETG, a subsidiary of Southern Company Gas, completed a base rate case settlement in 2022 and is subject to BPU proceedings examining the long-term role of natural gas distribution utilities in New Jersey's decarbonization framework, including potential restrictions on new gas service extensions.
Key Issues
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Gas utility decarbonization and stranded asset risk: The BPU is conducting a formal proceeding examining the future role of gas distribution utilities under New Jersey's Energy Master Plan, including potential moratoria on new gas service extensions, accelerated electrification incentives, and cost allocation for pipeline assets that may become stranded before end of useful life.
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Offshore wind transmission and cost allocation: Following the collapse or renegotiation of multiple offshore wind PPAs (Orsted, BP/Equinor) due to supply chain cost escalation, the BPU is re-evaluating solicitation structures, ratepayer cost caps, and the framework for onshore transmission infrastructure investment recovery as the state pursues its 11 GW offshore wind target by 2040.
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JCP&L reliability and performance-based ratemaking: The BPU continues to monitor JCP&L under enhanced reliability reporting requirements and is evaluating whether to impose performance incentive mechanisms or penalties tied to SAIDI/SAIFI metrics, following a history of below-average storm restoration performance relative to state benchmarks.
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Electric vehicle infrastructure and managed charging: The BPU is adjudicating utility EV program filings under the Transportation Electrification Act framework, including disputes over utility ownership of Level 2 and DC fast charging infrastructure versus third-party competitive models, make-ready program cost recovery, and time-of-use rate design to encourage off-peak charging.
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Community solar and net metering successor tariff: New Jersey's transition away from net metering to a successor tariff structure remains contested at the BPU, with unresolved issues around the value of distributed generation export credits, community solar subscriber bill credits, and the interaction between the Successor Tariff and existing legacy net metering grandfathering commitments.
Upcoming
Estimated deadline for initial comments in BPU's Gas Decarbonization and Future of Gas Distribution proceeding; stakeholders including utilities, environmental advocates, and industrial customers expected to submit competing frameworks on new service extension policy and stranded cost recovery mechanisms.
Estimated BPU decision or order on the next offshore wind solicitation structure following renegotiation of prior-round contracts; expected to address revised contract for differences pricing mechanisms, ratepayer protection caps, and updated requirements for domestic content and port infrastructure commitments.
Estimated compliance filing deadline for electric utilities under BPU's updated Reliability Standards Order requiring JCP&L and ACE to submit multi-year distribution investment plans with performance benchmarks tied to proposed performance-based ratemaking incentive and penalty mechanisms.
Estimated statutory milestone for BPU to finalize successor net metering tariff rules under P.L. 2021 clean energy legislation; failure to adopt final rules by year-end would extend transitional uncertainty for residential and commercial solar developers and community solar program administrators.
Commissioner Watch
View all ↗Joseph Coviello appointmented of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
Emma Rebhorn appointmented of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
Nominated by Gov. Murphy and unanimously confirmed by the New Jersey Senate, Rebhorn brings clean energy policy and climate strategy expertise to the BPU.
Nominated by Gov. Murphy and unanimously confirmed by the New Jersey Senate, Coviello previously served as Deputy Executive Director of the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority.
Commissioner Marian Abdou resigned from the NJBPU effective August 1, 2025, departing at a critical moment as New Jersey ratepayers faced rising summer energy bills.
Staff
143| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Samantha Levine | Communications Director | (609) 777-3305 |
| Alice Bator | Director, Division of Audits | (609) 292-0626 |
| Sara Bluhm | Director, Division of Clean Energy | (609) 777-3316 |
| Aida Camacho-Welch | Secretary of the Board | (609) 292-1599 |
| Xaymara Castro | Personnel Assistant 1 | (609) 913-6250 |
| Lori DiGaetano | Director, Information Technology | (609) 292-2423 |
| Paul Flanagan | Executive Director | (609) 292-1634 |
| Lawanda Gilbert | Director, Office of Cable TV & Telecommunications | (609) 341-9420 |
| Eric J. Hartsfield | Director, Complaints and Consumer Affairs | (609) 341-9148 |
| Cynthia Holland | Director, Office of Federal & Regional Policy | (609) 292-1629 |
| Sherri Jones | Assistant Director, Division of Economic Development & Emerging Issues | (609) 292-7471 |
| Chance Lykins | Director, Legislative Affairs | (609) 292-1379 |
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