utility advisory task force

The Bernards Township Committee desires to be proactive in working with the Township’s utility providers to identify causes of outages or other disruption of services so as to reduce our vulnerability of same in the future, to identify service deficits and/or need for upgrades and to optimize communication between the utilities and its customers.

The mission of the Utility Task Force is to assess the level of communication and service from the utility companies providing services to Bernards Township, identify areas of concern and in need of improvement, suggest ways to collect and report chronic outages and disruptions, facilitate and/or coordinate resident feedback to the Board of Public Utilities, and represent Bernards Township customers before the BPU when appropriate.

The Utility Task Force will and report their findings and recommendations to the Township Committee no later than 06/30/21.