PSE&G

This week is, "National Scam Awareness Week," and today is, "Utility Scam Awareness Day," to raise consciousness about those posing as your electric and gas company to pry your money loose.

This version of the scam asks for personal info to add discounts to a PSE&G bill, the company warned.

PSE&G has a handful of homes left and expects its customers to be fully restored by late Thursday afternoon.

Over 6,000 people are working on restoration for JCP&L and PSE&G.

Neither PSE&G nor JCP&L would offer a specific timetable for restoration.

Jersey utilities are bracing for the extreme demand on the power delivery system from this extended stretch of very hot and humid weather, as New Jerseyans lean heavily on their air conditioning.

Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed into a law a measure that will prevent utility companies from automatically shutting off power to medical customers.

Several communities were stuck in the dark on Monday afternoon, amid a power outage affecting PSE&G customers in Union County.

The BPU approved a subsidy sought by PSEG for its Salem County nuclear plants, which is likely to raise electric bills for New Jersey homes around $40 a year.

We've been hearing some concerns since morning-drive host Bill Spadea spoke with a Bedminster man who had been overcharged for electricity for more than two decades, apparently paying the bill for a family of four living next door.