§ 40A:5A-28 — Definitions relative to public utilities.

3. As used in sections 3 through 5 of P.L.2021, c.317 (C.40A:5A-28 to C.40A:5A-30): "Board" means the Board of Public Utilities or any successor agency. "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs. "Local authority" means an authority, as defined in section 3 of P.L.1983, c.313 (C.40A:5A-3), or a water district established pursuant to R.S.40:62-96 et seq. that provides electric, sewer or water service. "Municipal utility" means a municipal public utility, as defined in N.J.S.40A:1-1, that provides electric, sewer or water service. "Program" means the Winter Termination Program established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.317 (C.40A:5A-29). "Residential customer" means a residential customer of record of a local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative, or any residential tenant of a residence where the owner or any agent or other representative of the owner of the residence is a non-residential customer of record of the local authority, municipal utility, or rural electric cooperative. "Utility emergency" means any condition constituting a potential danger to life, health, or property requiring a local authority or a municipal utility to discontinue, interrupt, or maintain the discontinuation or interruption of electric, sewer or water service or that results in an unscheduled discontinuance or interruption in electric, sewer or water service. L. 2021, c.317, s.3.