New Jersey Business Energy Bill Audit Guide

A New Jersey business should identify its utility, commercial class and current supply arrangement before comparing a third-party offer. The BPU's commercial resources distinguish supply, distribution and transmission. A quoted supply price should not be treated as a replacement for the whole bill.

Find the applicable business supply baseline

Read the statement for PSE&G, JCP&L, Atlantic City Electric, Rockland Electric or another serving provider and locate the rate class. If the account uses utility Basic Generation Service, obtain the applicable class and price structure. If a third-party supplier already serves it, retain the current contract and price schedule.

Large commercial and small-business supply arrangements can differ. Do not apply an easily found residential or small-customer number to every account. Ask the utility or supplier which service structure applies and which proposed components correspond to the current bill.

Use a written component comparison

Ask the supplier to identify energy, capacity, transmission, losses and separate recurring fees in the proposal. Compare the same inclusions on both sides. If a cost is passed through rather than fixed, a single rate does not establish the entire future charge.

Document the term, effective start date, notice requirement and cancellation terms. Keep any usage tolerance, minimum-volume or credit condition with the calculation. A credit available only at one consumption level should not be used as an unconditional recurring amount.

Describe the business's load pattern

The BPU's business-shopping guide discusses load characteristics as part of procurement context. For a practical review, provide twelve monthly kWh values and describe regular hours, refrigeration, production or other major changes. A steady-load warehouse and a business with short sharp production peaks may need different account questions.

The simplified tool compares constant usage-based supply prices. It does not separately calculate a demand tariff or demonstrate that changing a supplier alters a demand peak. For utility demand questions, gather the billed determinant and rate-class detail.

A hypothetical retail-property example

Assume an account totals 144,000 annual kWh. Equivalent entered supply prices of 10.8¢ and 10.1¢ differ by $1,008 annually. If the offer adds $18 per month in separate fees compared with the current agreement, the modeled difference falls to $792 before one-time switching costs.

No price in this illustration is a New Jersey offer. The example also does not allocate the result among landlord and tenants. For a managed property, determine who pays each account and how the lease treats reimbursements before describing an owner's retained benefit.

Natural gas is another account comparison

New Jersey's supplier-shopping guidance addresses electricity and gas, but the actual gas utility, tariff and supplier availability still need confirmation. Identify the commodity price unit, transportation scope and seasonal quantities. Electricity eligibility and gas eligibility should not be treated as the same check.

For an initial review, name the serving utility and identify the specific proposal or bill line you want to understand. Keep the existing agreement and written scope available for later sharing. That is more useful than submitting a total annual spend without the account components behind it.

Use the result as a starting point

Once the current and offered components match, use the business bill checker to show the arithmetic. It holds entered prices constant, does not fetch live offers, and does not independently calculate utility demand, delivery or tariff charges. Use the optional twelve-month usage series when one month is unrepresentative.

For an account question, send your business, state, utility and the issue through the first-party review form. Keep bills and account identifiers out of the initial message; arrange document sharing after connecting. A listing in this guide is not a supplier-availability guarantee.