Shut-off moratorium looms for NJ utility customers
Credit: Jon Moore on Unsplash File photo In less than two weeks, more than a half-million residential customers and over 91,000 commercial and industrial customers could be disconnected from electric, gas and water services if a moratorium on utility shut-offs is not extended. The looming crisis highlights yet another toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left more than 23,000 New Jerseyans dead, devastated segments of the economy, and forced 2 million people to file unemployment claims. Stefanie Brand, the director of state’s Division of Rate Counsel, and other consumer advocates are ca...