{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-2-29.49","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 48:2-29.49","heading":"Annual request for information by electric public utility.","body":"2. a. An electric public utility shall request from every residential customer, on a semi-annual basis, information, determined by the board, as to whether the residential customer, or any person living at the residential customer's address, uses life-sustaining equipment powered by electricity at the residential customer's address.  If a residential customer responds to the utility's request for information indicating that the residential customer or a person living at the residential customer's address uses life-sustaining equipment powered by electricity, the utility shall designate that residential customer as a medical customer.\nb.\tDiscontinuance of electric service for nonpayment is prohibited for a period of 90 days, if a medical customer's condition would be aggravated by a discontinuance of electric service.  The board may extend the 90-day period of time in which a discontinuance of electric service is prohibited for an additional period of time for good cause.  The board shall determine which types of licensed medical professionals are able to sign a medical certification needed to avoid the discontinuance of electric service pursuant to this section and shall establish conditions that shall apply to the prohibition on a discontinuance of electric service to a medical customer that shall include, but not be limited to, provisions requiring the medical customer to:\n(1)\tprovide reasonable proof of an inability to pay a utility bill on or before the bill's due date; and\n(2)\t submit a written licensed medical professional's statement to the utility, stating:\n(a)\tthe existence of the medical customer's use of life-sustaining equipment powered by electricity at the medical customer's premises and the probable duration of that use;\n(b)\tthe nature of the condition of the medical customer and its probable duration, only if the disclosure of the information is not otherwise prohibited by law; and\n(c)\tthat the discontinuance of service to the medical customer will aggravate the condition of the medical customer.\nL.2019, c.154, s.2.","path":["TITLE 48 PUBLIC UTILITIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"98679198d5027dbeb628d301acd5c4948170797412a293fc6dc11a3ef5da5822","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-2-29.48","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-48-2-29.50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}