Doug Mokoid and Phil Vavala are “Next Generation Leaders” in New Jersey

In S.3513, NJUA helped ensure the state’s utilities are exempt from a 2.5% corporate transit fee on taxpayers with allocated taxable net income in excess of $10 million.

O'Connell was born and raised in Wood-Ridge, and lives in Cedar Grove with her husband, high school-aged daughter and lovable goldendoodle.

"I was born in Egypt and immigrated to the US when I was 7. I grew up in Middlesex County and attended Rutgers University for both my undergraduate and graduate degrees. My husband and I now reside in Somerset County with our children." 

Check out these selected photos from the annual NJUA Conference, held this year in Long Branch on May 29-30.

Dangerous levels of heat are forecast in New Jersey, beginning tomorrow, according to the National Weather Service. Expected temperatures are expected to soar into the high 90s in some areas this week and a heat advisory is in effect for 17 counties throughout the state.

The state’s police chiefs association is partnering with the New Jersey Utilities Association (NJUA) to urge New Jerseyans to be aware of criminals claiming to be utility workers to gain access to residences.

In continuation of its proactive role in representing its members and playing a progressive role in enhancing clean energy, clean water and broadband access for all, the New Jersey Utilities Association held a board of directors meeting at its 109th Annual conference on May 28, 2024, and elected a new Chairwoman, Melissa Orsen of South Jersey Industries, and three new Board Members.

There is the latest iteration of the Energy Master Plan and the modernization of the grid to prepare for the future.

The Board of Directors of the New Jersey Utilities Association (NJUA) is welcoming the association’s first female operations leader as chair in its 109-year history.

Thank you to the sponsors, exhibitors, presenters and attendees of the NJUA's 109th-annual conference,  May 29-30, in Long Branch. It was an incredible two days of industry insight that was both compelling and thought-provoking. We are already planning for next year!

This week’s New Jersey Utilities Association Conference will feature plenty of panels on key topics with key industry officials, one-on-one conversations with Board of Public Utilities President Christine Guhl-Sadovy and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and plenty of networking opportunities.

New Jersey's investor-owned water companies are committed to providing safe drinking water to their residential and business customers on a 24/7 basis.

New Jersey’s utilities strongly embrace a multi-pronged strategy to reach the state’s decarbonization goals, as government and business must partner in many ways to drastically reduce greenhouse gases and achieve the clean-energy future that we all want. 

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New Jersey Utilities Association 109th Annual Conference
Making Connections For New Jersey’s Future

New Jersey Utilities Association 109th Annual Conference
Making Connections For New Jersey’s Future

Joseph Gurrentz – a Former Policy Analyst for the New Jersey State Senate’s Majority Office – Takes Leadership Post at Statewide Utility Association

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The problem is clear, the solution anything but. How can utilities open their closed distribution circuits to accommodate new, flexible sources of electricity?

Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state

NJUA lobbied on behalf of the utilities for amendments to a notice of utility outages bill. NJUA outlined concerns with the practical implementation and administration of the bill’s suggested plan to disseminate service outage information to customers and reiterated the importance of ensuring that utility customers have the option to opt-in to receiving outage information in the customer’s preferred method of communication. NJUA is working with the sponsor to address our concerns through amendments.

We are pleased to spotlight Robert Sanchez, who has served as president & CEO of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. since December 2017. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., operating energy utility companies in New York and New Jersey, and providing smarter and cleaner energy solutions for nearly 1 million people.

We are pleased to spotlight BPU President Christine Guhl-Sadovy, who joined the BPU as commissioner earlier this year. In September, she succeeded the late Joseph Fiordaliso, a commissioner since 2005 and the Board president since 2018.

It is truly incredible how fast this first year as President & CEO of NJUA has gone. 

We have accomplished much but have so much more to achieve.

As New Jersey and our nation prepare for a clean-energy future, a critical component is missing: Ensuring that we have a properly and orderly planned transition to the future that includes exacting power standards set by the teams responsible for our nation’s electric grid.

Two New Jersey utility companies have filed multimillion-dollar proposals with the New JerseyBoard of Public Utilities aimed at strengthening infrastructure and improving upon clean-energy efficiency.

NJUA's Annual Conference, now at a new and exciting venue in Long Branch NJ