New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 5 - ELECTRIC SERVICE
Subchapter 9 - ELECTRIC UTILITY LINE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT
Section 14:5-9.10 - Public notice of planned vegetation management activity
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Unless specifically stated elsewhere in this subchapter, each EDC shall make a diligent attempt to notify all municipal governments, customers, and property owners that may be affected by planned vegetation management activity on the EDC's distribution or transmission system. This requirement will be satisfied if the EDC provides written notice to customers and property owners in accordance with (b) and (c) below at least seven days, but not more than 45 days, prior to performing any vegetation management activity; and provides notice to municipal governments in accordance with (f) and (g) below.
(b) For distribution circuits, notice shall be provided to the following customers and property owners by separate direct mailing, door hanger, or any other Board-approved method:
(c) For transmission circuits, notice shall be provided through both of the following:
(d) For the purposes of (c)1 above, the United States Post Office (USPS) receipt of mailing (usually printed on white paper), which the USPS provides upon the mailing of an item certified mail return receipt requested, shall constitute proof of compliance.
(e) Each EDC shall maintain a record of the dates, locations and activities contained in the notices, which were provided to the municipal government under this section, for a period of five years after notices are sent.
(f) For municipal governments, each EDC shall provide written notice of any pending vegetation management activities to a primary contact. For a municipality, the mayor, municipal clerk, or other person or position mutually agreed upon shall be the primary contact. For other government entities and for public authorities, the primary contact shall be selected by mutual agreement between the EDC and the entity or authority.
(g) An EDC shall notify all municipalities and public authorities that may be affected by vegetation management activities. The notice shall be made in writing to the primary contact designated under (f) above, at least two months in advance of the planned vegetation management. This notice shall include the planned dates and locations of the vegetation management. In addition, the notice of vegetation management shall be in a manner sufficient to explain each EDC's procedures and easement rights. The EDC shall provide a telephone number of the vegetation manager to enable questions to be answered.
(h) If any notice required under this section is provided by the EDC through a contractor or agent, the notice shall bear the name and logo of the EDC only, and not of the contractor or agent.