New Jersey A1568 mandates electric public utilities to develop flood mitigation plans for substations that have experienced significant flooding.
New Jersey A1568 requires electric public utilities to create flood mitigation plans for electric distribution substations that have experienced flooding resulting in outages of 24 hours or more for at least five percent of end-use customers in a municipality or county. The Board of Public Utilities must establish flood-proof design regulations within 120 days of the bill's effective date. Utilities must submit their plans within 120 days of these regulations, and the Board must review and order implementation within 180 days of plan submission.
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