N.J. Admin. Code § 14:29-4.1 - Scope; load interruption plan

(a) This subchapter shall apply to all electric utilities that supply or distribute electricity within the State of New Jersey.

(b) Each electric utility shall file with the Board a load interruption plan, which details how the utility will implement rotating interruptions of service if requested to do so by PJM or another system operator. This plan shall meet the following requirements:

1. The service interrupted shall total at least 10 percent (in megawatts) of the utility's prior year peak load;

2. The plan shall not call for interruption of service to hospitals;

3. The plan shall not call for interruption of service to any one customer for more than three consecutive hours; and

4. The plan shall identify all of the following:

i. The circuits to be interrupted;

ii. The estimated peak load (in megawatts) of each circuit to be interrupted; and

iii. The municipalities in which the interrupted circuits are located.

(c) The electric public utility shall update the plan submitted under (b) above annually, by March 1st of each year.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:29-4.1

Amended by R.2004 d.13, effective 1/5/2004.
See: 35 New Jersey Register 1508(a), 36 New Jersey Register 205(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2006 d.211, effective 6/5/2006.
See: 37 N.J.R. 4518(a), 38 N.J.R. 2509(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (b), substituted "of service if requested to do so by PJM or another system operator." for "of service if necessary"; and rewrote the last sentence; inserted (b)1 through (b)4; and in (c), inserted "electric public utility shall update the".