STATEMENT TO
[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 223
with Senate Floor Amendments
(Proposed by Senator SMITH)
ADOPTED: MARCH 24, 2025
These floor amendments:
(1) require that any authorized third party that receives a
customer's energy usage data be licensed by the Board of Public
Utilities (BPU) pursuant to N.J.S.A 48:3-78, or demonstrate to the
BPU that its cybersecurity and information security systems are at
least as effective as those of entities that are licensed by the BPU;
(2) authorize the BPU to require authorized third parties to submit
data access plans;
(3) allow existing data usage consent waivers (i.e., those which
have already been signed by customers) to satisfy the bill's
requirement that authorized third parties be provided with informed,
written consent to receive a customer's energy usage data, provided
that the BPU finds that the existing waiver satisfies the requirements
of the bill; and
(4) make technical changes.