N.J. Admin. Code § 7:19-15.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:19-15.1 - General pricing procedures

(a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this chapter, all water purveyors having physical interconnections with other water purveyors shall initiate negotiations with the interconnected purveyors regarding the prices to be charged for supplying of water through such interconnections ordered by the Commissioner during a water supply emergency.

1. Prices may be expressed either in terms of specific prices or of a formula.

(b) The water purveyors shall submit the record of negotiations, and the agreed upon prices if arrived at, to the Board of Public Utilities, if within its jurisdiction, or the Department, in all other cases, for approval and/or reconciliation of differences and approval in accordance with the following time schedule;

1. Within 12 months after the effective date of this chapter:

i. All water purveyors with interconnections 12 inches in diameter or greater between their systems;

ii. All water purveyors having interconnections of any size with water purveyors serving those seashore communities having shoreline contiguous with the Atlantic Ocean proper from Cape May to Highlands inclusive where the water supply serves 10,000 or more residents for two months or more per year.

2. Within 36 months after the effective date of this chapter:

i. All water purveyors with interconnections of 8 inches in diameter or greater where either system serves 10,000 or more residents; and

ii. All water purveyors interconnected with purveyors serving seashore communities having shoreline contiguous with the Atlantic Ocean proper from Cape May to Highlands inclusive, except those covered by (b)1ii above.

3. Within five years after the effective date of this chapter all other water purveyors interconnected with another water purveyor.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:19-15.1