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BPU finalizes USF, Lifeline rates; staff says programs assist 200,000+ households
Summary
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved staff recommendations finalizing interim Universal Service Fund and Lifeline rates effective Oct. 1, 2025, directing tariff filings and other implementation steps to support low‑income assistance.
Maureen Claire, a BPU staff presenter, told the board the utilities’ June 27, 2025 compliance filings proposed changes to the Universal Service Fund (USF) and Lifeline budgets and rates for 2025–2026 and that USF and Lifeline “provide energy assistance benefits to over 200,000 low‑income New Jersey households.”
Staff recommended finalizing interim USF rates approved in the board’s Sept. 25, 2024 order and directed subsequent compliance filings and related…
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