Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 48:2-29.49

  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
2. a. An electric public utility shall request from every residential customer, on a semi-annual basis, information, determined by the board, as to whether the residential customer, or any person living at the residential customer’s address, uses life-sustaining equipment powered by electricity at the residential customer’s address. If a residential customer responds to the utility’s request for information indicating that the residential customer or a person living at the residential customer’s address uses life-sustaining equipment powered by electricity, the utility shall designate that residential customer as a medical customer.

b. Discontinuance of electric service for nonpayment is prohibited for a period of 90 days, if a medical customer’s condition would be aggravated by a discontinuance of electric service. The board may extend the 90-day period of time in which a discontinuance of electric service is prohibited for an additional period of time for good cause. The board shall determine which types of licensed medical professionals are able to sign a medical certification needed to avoid the discontinuance of electric service pursuant to this section and shall establish conditions that shall apply to the prohibition on a discontinuance of electric service to a medical customer that shall include, but not be limited to, provisions requiring the medical customer to:

(1) provide reasonable proof of an inability to pay a utility bill on or before the bill’s due date; and

(2) submit a written licensed medical professional’s statement to the utility, stating:

(a) the existence of the medical customer’s use of life-sustaining equipment powered by electricity at the medical customer’s premises and the probable duration of that use;

(b) the nature of the condition of the medical customer and its probable duration, only if the disclosure of the information is not otherwise prohibited by law; and

(c) that the discontinuance of service to the medical customer will aggravate the condition of the medical customer.

L.2019, c.154, s.2.

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