Murphy Announces Relief Plan Amid Massive NJ Electric Rate Hike

Officials Feeling Strain Of Increased Utility Costs

BERKELEY – If you are seeing your utility bills go up, you’re not alone. Your elected officials have also been paying more.   At a recent Township Council meeting, Councilman Michael Signorile said he looked at his gas bill and 80% of it was fees. He also got sticker shock from his electric bill.   “A lot of people see fuel as a necessity,” he said. Besides heating and cooling homes, some medicines need to be refrigerated. “They’re killing us wi…

N.J. will offer ‘direct relief’ to help residents with soaring electric bills, Murphy says

All New Jersey electric customers will receive “direct relief”to help deal with soaring electric bills as the warmer months return, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday at a press conference in Newark.

Murphy Announces Relief Plan Amid Massive NJ Electric Rate Hike

Murphy Announces Relief Plan Amid Massive Electric Rate Hike - Across New Jersey, NJ - The new initiative will go into effect next month, Gov. Phil Murphy said.

Voters say energy bills too high ahead of NJ primary

Ahead of next week’s critical gubernatorial primary race, a new survey takes voters’ temperature on a hot topic here in the great Garden State: energy. As NJBIZ has extensively reported, rising energy bills are on everyone’s minds – especially as the temperatures also begin to rise and the air conditioners crank up. Natural Allies for Clean Energy Future commissioned the survey conducted by New Jersey-based MAD Global Strategy. NJBIZ has previou…

Sauickie: Murphy Blows Half a Billion to Buy Votes, Not Fix Energy Costs

Assemblyman Alex Sauickie slammed Gov. Phil Murphy’s plan Thursday to hand out one-time utility bill credits of $100 to $250 as electricity costs spike by up to 20% this summer, calling it a “political gimmick” that fails to solve New Jersey’s growing energy crisis. “We don’t need credits. We need gigawatts,” Sauickie said. “Murphy and […]

NJ households to get $100 or more to help cover electricity bills

New Jersey households, newly burdened with higher electricity costs, will receive $100 to $250 credits from the state, parceled over six months, to help