Forget bake sales and raffles, New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) is giving schools and easy capeezy way to raise money while helping folks save money by conserving energy.
It'll take a little longer than expected for New Jersey Natural Gas to complete reintroduction of fuel to the critically storm-wracked stretch of the northern barrier island. But, apparently, not that much longer.
Slowly but surely, the painstaking task of restoring natural gas service to thousands of Ocean County's northern barrier island homes inches southward through Toms River. New Jersey Natural Gas says that service is now registering on 882 meters on the Seaside peninsula.
Travel restrictions apply to sections of Ocean County's northern barrier island in Toms River and Lavallette as New Jersey Natural Gas crews begin line restoration and trash haulers begin moving tons of storm debris back to the mainland.
New Jersey Natural Gas officials expect to repressurize the main that serves communities from Bay Head through Seaside Park next Monday, December 3. They're still on course to restore service to all homes not damaged enough to affect safety the area by the end of December.
When about 28,000 property owners on Ocean County's storm-decimated barrier islands finally return to their homes, they're likely not to have natural gas for heating and cooking.
New Jersey Natural Gas is taking the extreme step of shutting down the conduits that lead to homes from Bay Head down to Long Beach, to bring a never-ending series of leaks and fires under control...
Switching to a new utility provider is rarely a memorable event, but a Toms River couple who switched to New Jersey Natural Gas are the recipients of a very warm welcome as the utilities 500,000th customers.
New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) gets the okay from the State Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to launch a pilot program to help stimulate the market for natural gas vehicles (NGV).