public utilities

Residents should boil their water and conserve its use.

Uncertainty is common for some residents of New Jersey towns considering municipal energy aggregation programs, which one expert explains is very different from individual contracts that may have burned consumers in the past.

After Hurricane Irene and then again after Superstorm Sandy, tens of thousands of New Jersey families were without power for days. A new bill moving through the state legislature could make it easier for those families to know when they can go back home.

The heads of New Jersey's utility companies came before the State Senate Budget panel yesterday and got an earful from legislators about their post-Sandy response efforts.

Storm prep bills take center stage in the New Jersey Legislature, as lawmakers look to improve response by utility companies.

A lawsuit filed in New Jersey Superior Court attacked the "actions and inactions" of Jersey Central Power & Light during the superstorm.

PSE&G's acting VP for Appliance Service called in to Jim's show this morning (11/8) to discuss the advisory this morning that they will be inspecting gas metering and appliances.

There's no definitive word yet whether Jersey's utilities will request a rate increase from the State Board of Public Utilities - to cover power restoration costs after hurricane Irene, and the freak October snow storm a couple of weeks ago that left many Garden state residents without electricity for days.