utilities

A rate hike could be in store for New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) customers. The utility has asked the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to approve an approximately $148 million increase to its delivery rates. If approved, the change would increase the average household bill by about 24%, or $21...

As I do every morning when I get up, I went to check my email and news websites this morning. After waiting a few minutes for the pages to load to no avail, I figured that I was just having a problem with my connection. But, it turns out that I'm not the only Jersey Shore resident having issues today. If you're a Comcast customer, you very well may be having issues today, too. Here's what's up: Re

You've got your contractor, you've got your permits... but are you really ready to raise your home to meet the flood guidelines? Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) spokesman Ron Morano says if you haven't touched base with them, you're taking a chance. "We e...

Officials are reminding everyone to be cautious after Ocean County's second natural gas explosion in less than a week. Police and firefighters responded to Cooks Lane in Point Pleasant Beach around 1:40am for a reported structure fire...

Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) is celebrating the completion of 160 infrastructure projects across its 13-county service area in 2014. The utility spent an estimated $250 million on a variety of projects designed to improve service reliability and ensure that existing systems can handle load growth in the future.  Spok...

There are few things less pleasant these days than having to call a huge company's customer service line. I had this pleasure at 9:00 last night. And it went pretty much as you'd expect.

If you've always thought that it's pretty expensive to live in New Jersey, well, you're right. In fact, it's among the most expensive states to live in.

As we watch the summer tourists head back up the Parkway and reflect on summer 2014, one of the things that a lot of us are realizing - the mild season definitely helped give us some much needed utility bill relief.

Watch out for a prolific, nationwide email scam that's now targeting New Jersey utility customers.

Many of us are attached to our cell phones without even realizing it. After yesterday's Verizon fiasco, a lot of people realized just how connected most of us really are.