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Read. Follow. Verify.New Jersey Bill A743 Eliminates Demand Side Management Costs from Societal Benefits Charge Recovery
Last action · January 13, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities CommitteeSponsors: McGuckin, Gregory P. and 1 other
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What This Bill Would Do
Assembly Bill 743 eliminates programs from cost recovery through the collected by electric and gas public utilities. The measure also removes clean energy program components from state requirements for business incentives and repeals specific related statutory sections.
- The General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. context
- The societal benefits charge is a non-bypassable fee collected on utility bills to fund various public policy programs mandated by the state. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
electric public utility and gas public utility customers
Utility customers are directly affected because demand side management program costs are eliminated from recovery through the non-bypassable societal benefits charge.
applicants for State business assistance or incentive
Business applicants are directly affected because the clean energy program components administered by the Board of Public Utilities are removed from the definition of business assistance requiring a tax clearance certificate.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
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Removal of Clean Energy Cost Recovery
The legislation systematically removes demand side management and clean energy provisions from the societal benefits charge and business tax clearance prerequisites.
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