This bill establishes new regulations for electric public utilities in New Jersey regarding billing practices during service interruptions. Specifically, it prohibits these utilities from charging customers for electricity usage during any service interruption and mandates that for each billing cycle affected by such interruptions, the utilities must reduce fixed charges on customers' monthly bills proportionately to the duration of the service outage. This aims to ensure that customers are not financially penalized for disruptions in service that are beyond their control.

Additionally, the bill requires electric public utilities to repair any damaged or defective street lights within 10 business days of receiving notice of the issue. During the repair period, the utilities are also prohibited from charging customers for electricity usage related to those street lights. This provision is intended to enhance accountability and responsiveness from electric public utilities in maintaining public infrastructure.