State agency boosts utility bills to help finance infrastructure upgrades
Before an unusually large audience, the state Board of Public Utilities yesterday unanimously approved a series of measures to increase monthly bills for millions of gas and water customers — all with the aim of fixing an aging infrastructure used to deliver service to consumers.
In a packed room in the Statehouse Annex, the five commissioners boosted rates for the 350,000 customers of South Jersey Gas by about $10 a year, while they also approved a 5.3 percent increase for the 640,000 customers of New Jersey American Water. (Johnson, NJ Spotlight)
