Establishes a program to develop microgrids that are capable of providing an uninterrupted supply of power to one or more community outage assets through an extended electric distribution outage.
Requires the chair of the public service commission create rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for the creation of a resilient electric vehicle charging system pilot program to provide power through an extended outage.
Requires the chair of the public service commission create rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for the creation of a resilient electric vehicle charging system pilot program to provide power through an extended outage.
Directs BPU to conduct study to determine whether deployment of microgrids and generators will reduce length of power outages.
Relating To Power Outages.
Relating To Power Outages.
Directs BPU to conduct study to determine whether microgrid and distributed energy resource deployment will reduce length of power outages.
Directs BPU to conduct study to determine whether microgrid and distributed energy resource deployment will reduce length of power outages.
Requires electric public utilities to conduct wellness checks in age-restricted communities during power outages.
Requires electric public utilities to take certain actions in event of outages in age-restricted communities.