Jersey Central Power & Light's request for over $600 million from ratepayers is not sitting well with residents, many of whom lambasted the utility during a public hearing on the matter in Freehold.
A pair of Assembly members plans to submit more than 1,500 signatures they gathered in opposition to a Jersey Central Power and Light rate increase request.
An Ocean County town has become the first in New Jersey to collectively switch the electric provider for all residents, who expect to save an average of $165 per household over the next year.
Residents in Sandy-damaged communities are telling Ocean County Freeholder Joe Vicari says that they're still being billed for utilities they're not using.
New Jersey's second-largest utility has asked regulators for permission to raise rates to pay for recovery costs after Superstorm Sandy and a slew of other storms that have hit the state in recent years.
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?