This bill mandates that electric public utilities in New Jersey publish specific information regarding power outages on their websites and report this information to the Board of Public Utilities (BPU). In the event of a power outage, utilities must disclose details such as the geographic area affected, the start time of the outage, the number of customers impacted, the total number of ongoing outages in the state, the estimated time for service restoration, and the cause of the outage once known. The bill also requires that this information be regularly updated until service is restored.

Furthermore, the utilities are obligated to report the outage information published on their websites to the BPU within 30 days following the restoration of electric service. While some of this information is currently available on utility websites, the bill establishes a legal requirement for its publication and maintenance, ensuring that customers have access to critical outage information consistently and that it cannot be arbitrarily removed.