Hunterdon County’s Freeholder Board at the September 15th meeting, approved a resolution calling on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to reject Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L)’s petition for an $185 million rate increase and to require the utility to reimburse residential customers for cost of food and prescription medicine spoiled or compromised as a result of a sustained electric service outage.
The resolution notes, ‘Hunterdon County residents served by JCP&L have had a long history of power failures, slow response for restoration by the utility, and lack of proper communication about outages.’
Freeholder John E. Lanza stated, “Our residents have put up with power outages too often, for far too long, and the loss of food and medicine without reimbursement is unjustified, particularly since Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) is reimbursing their customers. It is time for those who have authority in Trenton to take action.”
