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The state's Board of Public Utilities testified before an Assembly panel today on the measures they adopted for electric utilities to improve their storm readiness.

Super-storm Sandy proved there are a lot of issues to be addressed by power companies. Should they raise substations? How can the infrastructure be improved? Should more power lines by underground?

If you rely on Atlantic City Electric for your power service, you may soon need to open the wallet a little wider. The utility is currently looking into increasing their rates.

One criticism behind hurricane Sandy is that New Jersey's utility infrastructure, including the poles that carry power across the state, are not the best of quality. Some suggest that weakness may have been a contributing factor to the many electric outages during the storm.

More than a hundred people showed up at the first of three planned Board of Public Utilities public hearings on how Jersey's public utilities responded after Superstorm Sandy.

If you're a Jersey Central Power & Light customer, you could be paying more soon. The state's second-largest utility had filed for a rate increase request with the state Board of Public Utilities to raise rates by $31 million a year.

Gov. Chris Christie has nominated a top official in the state Department of Law and Public Safety to take over as the next president of the Board of Public Utilities.

Just like after Hurricane Irene, the state Board of Public Utilities says they will evaluate how well power companies responded to the October nor'easter that created thousands of power outages, many of whom have yet to be restored.

The last of 6 public hearings has been held by the Jersey Board of Public Utilities - at Ramapo College in Mahwah - to gather testimony about how the state's utilities performed after hurricane Irene pounded the Garden state a couple of months ago.