Requires BPU to determine and consider lowest reasonable return on equity before approving electric, gas, and water public utility base rate cases.
Requires BPU to consider affordability to ratepayers before approving base rate cases for electric public utilities.
Requires electric public utilities and gas public utilities to implement or maintain public utility warranty programs that cover full cost to repair or replace covered appliances.
Requires BPU to prohibit electric and gas public utilities from charging residential customers certain types of payments based on certain billing practices.
Requires electric and gas public utilities de-privatization study; appropriates $100,000.
Requires electric public utilities to submit annual report on voting to BPU.
Requires electric public utilities and gas public utilities to implement or maintain public utility warranty programs that cover full cost to repair or replace covered appliances.
Requires BPU to prohibit electric and gas public utilities from charging residential customers certain types of payments based on certain billing practices.
Resets electric and gas public utility rates to 2020 levels for five-year period.
Requires BPU to post on its website report from public utility on public utility's capital investments in response to petition from public utility to increase rates.