This bill mandates that electric public utilities in New Jersey must 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 are required to 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 emphasizes the need for utilities to keep this information updated until service is fully restored.

Additionally, the bill stipulates that utilities must report the information published on their websites to the BPU within 30 days following the restoration of electric service. While much of this information is already available on utility websites, the bill introduces a legal requirement to ensure that it remains accessible and is regularly updated, preventing the removal of critical outage information at the discretion of the utilities.