N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 14, ch. 3 - ALL UTILITIES

  1. Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§ 14:3-1.1 to 14:3-1.3)
  2. Subchapter 2 - PLANT (§ 14:3-2.1 to 14:3-2.10)
  3. Subchapter 2A - INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND RECOVERY (§ 14:3-2A.1 to 14:3-2A.6)
  4. Subchapter 3 - SERVICE (§ 14:3-3.1 to 14:3-3.10)
  5. Subchapter 3A - DISCONTINUANCE AND RESTORATION OF SERVICE (§ 14:3-3A.1 to 14:3-3A.9)
  6. Subchapter 4 - METERS (§ 14:3-4.1 to 14:3-4.10)
  7. Subchapter 5 - CONTACTING THE UTILITY (§ 14:3-5.1 to 14:3-5.3)
  8. Subchapter 6 - RECORDS AND REPORTING (§ 14:3-6.1 to 14:3-6.8)
  9. Subchapter 7 - BILLS AND PAYMENTS FOR SERVICE (§ 14:3-7.1 to 14:3-7.17)
  10. Subchapter 8 - EXTENSIONS TO PROVIDE REGULATED SERVICES (§ 14:3-8.1 to 14:3-8.14)
  11. Subchapter 9 - RESERVED
  12. Subchapter 10 - RESERVED (§ 14:3-10.1 to 14:3-10.7)
  13. Subchapter 11 - RESERVED, version 2
  14. Subchapter 12 - UTILITY MANAGEMENT AUDITS (§ 14:3-12.1 to 14:3-12.5)
  15. Subchapter 13 - INTEREST ON OVER OR UNDER RECOVERED COST BALANCES UNDER ADJUSTMENT CLAUSES (§ 14:3-13.1 to 14:3-13.5)

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 14, ch. 3
CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: 2/11/2015.
See: 47 N.J.R. 661(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
All provisions of Chapter 3, All Utilities, became effective prior to 9/1/1969.
1971 Revisions: Subchapter 10, Solid Waste Collection and Solid Waste Disposal, became effective 7/8/1971 as R.1971 d.109. See: 2 N.J.R. 76(f), 3 N.J.R. 160(a).
1973 Revisions: Amendments became effective 6/19/1973 as R.1973 d.157. See: 5 N.J.R. 123(b), 5 N.J.R. 240(a). Further amendments became effective 7/11/1973 as R.1973 d.187. See: 4 N.J.R. 196(e), 5 N.J.R. 292(b).
1975 Revisions: Amendments became effective 10/17/1975 as R.1975 d.305. See: 7 N.J.R. 277(b), 7 N.J.R. 510(b).
1978 Revisions: Amendments became effective 5/16/1978 as R.1978 d.155. See: 9 N.J.R. 290(e), 10 N.J.R. 261(e).
1979 Revisions: Amendments became effective 3/16/1979 as R.1979 d.117. See: 11 N.J.R. 260(a). Further amendments became effective 8/1/1979 as R.1979 d.289. See: 11 N.J.R. 258(b), 11 N.J.R. 467(a). Further amendments became effective 10/10/1979 as R.1979 d.352. See: 11 N.J.R. 522(c).
1980 Revisions: Amendments became effective 1/1/1980 as R.1980 d.474. See: 11 N.J.R. 402(b), 12 N.J.R. 49(b). Further amendments became effective 1/24/1980 as R.1980 d.44. See: 12 N.J.R. 156(d). Further amendments became effective 7/1/1980 as R.1980 d.299. See: 12 N.J.R. 209(f), 12 N.J.R. 495(d). Further amendments became effective 12/29/1980 as R.1980 d.555. See: 12 N.J.R. 552(a), 13 N.J.R. 105(b).
1983 Revisions: Amendments became effective 11/21/1983 as R.1983 d.526. See: 15 N.J.R. 787(a), 15 N.J.R. 1949(a).
1984 Revisions: Amendments became effective 2/6/1984 as R.1983 d.651. See: 15 N.J.R. 1235(a), 16 N.J.R. 250(a). Further amendments became effective 4/2/1984 as R.1984 d.87. See: 15 N.J.R. 1355(a), 16 N.J.R. 744(a). Subchapter 3, Service, and Subchapter 7, Bills and Payments for Service, were readopted effective 7/2/1984 as R.1984 d.259. See: 16 N.J.R. 693(a), 16 N.J.R. 1807(a).
1985 Revisions: Amendments became effective 4/15/1985 as R.1985 d.166. See: 16 N.J.R. 2747(a), 17 N.J.R. 974(a). Further amendments became effective 5/6/1985 as R.1985 d.202. See: 17 N.J.R. 174(a), 17 N.J.R. 1136(a).
1986 Revisions: Amendments became effective 7/7/1986 as R.1986 d.242. See: 18 N.J.R. 463(a), 18 N.J.R. 1401(a).
1987 Revisions: Amendments became effective 4/6/1987 as R.1987 d.163. See: 18 N.J.R. 2425(a), 19 N.J.R. 552(a). N.J.A.C. 14:3-7.12A became effective 12/21/1987 as R.1987 d.516. See: 18 N.J.R. 2315(a), 19 N.J.R. 2405(b).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 3, All Utilities, expired on 5/6/1990. Chapter 3, All Utilities, was subsequently adopted as new rules by R.1991 d.221, effective 5/6/1991. See: 22 N.J.R. 1112(a), 23 N.J.R. 1439(b).
1993 Revisions: Subchapter 11, Solid Waste Collection Regulatory Reform, was adopted as R.1993 d.83, effective 2/16/1993. See: 24 N.J.R. 1459(a), 25 N.J.R. 692(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Subchapter 10, Solid Waste Collection and Solid Waste Disposal, and Subchapter 11, Solid Waste Collection Regulatory Reform, were readopted as R.1996 d.253, effective 5/6/1996. As part of R.1996 d.253, Subchapters 10 and 11 were recodified to N.J.A.C. 7:26H-1 and 7:26H-5, respectively, effective 6/3/1996. See: 28 N.J.R. 78(a), 28 N.J.R. 247(a), 28 N.J.R. 1147(a), 28 N.J.R. 2908(a). The remainder of Chapter 3, All Utilities, consisting of Subchapter 1, Definitions; Subchapter 2, Plant; Subchapter 3, Service; Subchapter 4, Meters; Subchapter 5, Offices; Subchapter 6, Records; Subchapter 7, Bills and Payments for Service; Subchapter 8, Suggested Formulae for Extension of Utility Service; and Subchapter 9, General Provisions, expired on 5/6/1996.
Chapter 3, All Utilities, consisting of Subchapters 1 through 9 and 12, was adopted as new rules by R.1997 d.39, effective 2/3/1997. See: 28 N.J.R. 1810(a), 29 N.J.R. 449(a).
Subchapter 13, Interest on Deferred Balances of Levelized Energy Adjustment Clauses, Levelized Gas Adjustment Clauses, Purchased Water Adjustment Clauses and Purchased Sewerage Treatment Adjustment Clauses, was adopted as R.1997 d.351, effective 9/2/1997. See: 28 N.J.R. 4079(a), 29 N.J.R. 3845(a).
Chapter 3, All Utilities, was readopted as R.2002 d.280, effective 7/31/2002. See: 34 N.J.R. 992(a), 34 N.J.R. 3216(b).
Subchapter 8, Suggested Formulae for Extension of Utility Service, was repealed and Subchapter 8, Extensions to Provide Regulated Services, was adopted as new rules, and Subchapter 10, Targeted Revitalization Incentive Program (TRIP), was adopted as new rules by R.2004 d.462, effective 12/20/2004 (operative March 20, 2005). See: 36 N.J.R. 276(a), 36 N.J.R. 5928(a).
Subchapter 13, Interest on Deferred Balances of Levelized Energy Adjustment Clauses, Levelized Gas Adjustment Clauses, Purchased Water Adjustment Clauses and Purchased Sewerage Treatment Adjustment Clauses, was renamed Interest on Deferred Balances of Levelized Energy Adjustment Clauses, Levelized Gas Adjustment Clauses, Purchased Water Adjustment Clauses and Purchased Wastewater Treatment Adjustment Clauses by R.2006 d.367, effective 10/16/2006. See: 38 N.J.R. 1538(a), 38 N.J.R. 4490(b).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1d, the expiration date of Chapter 3, All Utilities, was extended by gubernatorial directive from January 27, 2008 to April 27, 2008. See: 40 N.J.R. 887(a).
Chapter 3, All Utilities, was readopted as R.2008 d.119, effective 4/10/2008. As part of R.2008 d.119, Subchapter 1, Definitions, was renamed General Provisions; Subchapter 3A, Discontinuance and Restoration of Service, was added as new rules; Subchapter 5, Offices, was renamed Contacting the Utility; Subchapter 6, Records, was renamed Records and Reporting; Subchapter 9, General Provisions, was repealed; and Subchapter 13, Interest on Deferred Balances of Levelized Energy Adjustment Clauses, Levelized Gas Adjustment Clauses, Purchased Water Adjustment Clauses and Purchased Wastewater Treatment Adjustment Clauses, was renamed Interest on Over or Under Recovered Cost Balances Under Adjustment Clauses, effective 5/19/2008. See: 39 N.J.R. 4077(b), 40 N.J.R. 2481(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1b, Chapter 3, All Utilities, was scheduled to expire on 4/10/2015. See: 43 N.J.R. 1203(a).
Chapter 3, All Utilities, was readopted, effective 2/11/2015. See: Source and Effective Date.
Subchapter 10, Targeted Revitalization Incentive Program (TRIP), was repealed by R.2015 d.198, effective 12/21/2015. See: 46 N.J.R. 2323(a), 47 N.J.R. 3133(c).
Subchapter 2A, Infrastructure Investment and Recovery, was adopted as new rules by R.2018 d.024, effective 1/16/2018. See: 49 N.J.R. 2489(a), 50 N.J.R. 630(a).

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 48:2-13; 48:2-16, 16.1 through 16.4, 17, 20, 23, 24, 25, and 27; 48:3-2.3, 3, 4, and 7.8; and 48:19-17.

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