When a landlord-tenant relationship is known to exist, an electric and/or gas utility, at the landlord's
request, shall send written notice to the landlord when a tenant's electric or gas service is being voluntarily
or involuntarily discontinued. If the tenant's electric and/or gas service is being voluntarily or involuntarily
discontinued the electric and/or gas utility shall place the utility service in the landlord's name, upon request
by the landlord. The landlord must complete a form provided by the utility, requesting to be notified of
changes in a tenant’s electric and/or gas service or to have the utility service placed in the landlord’s name.
WINTER TERMINATION PROGRAM FOR ELECTRIC AND GAS
Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 14:3-3A.5, residential customers who can demonstrate a financial hardship or are
recipients of one of the public assistance programs listed below may not have their electric or gas services
discontinued during the heating season, which runs from November 15 through March 15.
1. Lifeline Credit Program
2. Federal Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) (or is eligible for this program)
3. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
4. Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
5. Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (PAAD)
6. General Assistance (GA)
7. Recipients of the Universal Service Fund (USF)
8. Persons unable to pay their utility bills because of circumstances beyond their control, such as,
unemployment, illness, medically related expenses, recent death of an immediate family member,
and any other circumstances, which might cause financial hardship.