New Jersey

Utility-specific tariffs and contracts

Rockland Electric's effective SC7 tariff includes a High Voltage Distribution option originally approved to facilitate a 25 MW data center in Mahwah. It is a utility-specific delivery rate, not a statewide large-load framework.

State regulatory profile State framework source

Current position

Utility-specific precedent; no statewide model tariff

Actions: 1
Published tariffs: 1
Legislation: 1
Status: Adopted

Regulatory and utility record

Tariffs, contracts, and proceedings

Each record is shown on its own terms. A utility-specific tariff or contract does not automatically apply to every large customer in the state.

Rockland Electric · Effective

Rockland Electric 2025 base rate case

Rockland Electric initially requested approximately $18.74 million in additional annual revenue and later updated its request. The Board approved $15.25 million, effective July 1, 2026.

Open proceeding

Why it matters

The initial request is retained as the requested stage; the final order records the intervening update and authorized outcome.

Enforceable terms

Key requirements

Eligibility threshold

1 MW minimum demand

Rockland Electric SC7 High Voltage Distribution

Minimum payment

No dedicated take-or-pay requirement in SC7

SC7 is a time-of-day high-voltage distribution rate, not a modern large-load make-whole tariff.

Minimum contract term

No special contract term stated in SC7

A customer changes class under the tariff's eligibility and annual-anniversary rules rather than a published multi-year commitment.

Service structure: SC7 High Voltage Distribution time-of-day rateEffectiveEligibility begins at 1 MW based on measured demand in two of the prior twelve months.
Charges and assessments: Time-of-day customer, demand, and usage chargesEffectiveThe schedule publishes voltage-specific monthly customer charges and demand/energy components rather than a single large-load charge.
Credit and collateral: No dedicated collateral standard stated in SC7Not specifiedOrdinary utility credit rules may still apply, but SC7 does not publish a data-center-specific security formula.
Exit protection: No dedicated exit fee stated in SC7Not specifiedThe schedule does not contain a stranded-asset make-whole charge.
Grid infrastructure: Customer provides primary/high-voltage receiving equipmentEffectiveHigh-voltage service remains at the utility's discretion and the customer supplies the equipment needed to take service at the delivery voltage.
Generation and resource costs: SC7 is a distribution rateNot applicableThe schedule does not establish a customer-specific generation procurement obligation.

Official sources supporting these requirements

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Statutory record

Legislation

S 731 / A 796

2026-2027

Large data-center electric-service protections

Would require electric utilities and the Board of Public Utilities to apply special large-data-center service standards addressing cost responsibility, forecasting, demand commitments, demand reduction, and protection of other customers.

Amended in the Senate and listed for second reading; the identical Assembly bill remains linked.

On floor calendar

Directly related · Jun 18, 2026

Official bill

Published instruments

New Jersey tariffs

Normalized terms from the current published tariff version. These records are separate from state policy and pending proceedings.

Rockland Electric · NJ

Service Classification No. 7 — High Voltage Distribution

large_load

Status: effective
Current version: Authorized 2025-06-30 · Jul 1, 2026

Threshold: 1 MW
Contract term: Not specified
Minimum payment: Not specified
Collateral: Not specified
Exit protection: Not specified

Rockland Electric's SC7 tariff includes a High Voltage Distribution option for customers with at least 1,000 kW of demand. The BPU originally approved the option in 2008 to facilitate a 25 MW data center in Mahwah and made it generally available for qualifying future high-voltage customers.

Monthly Customer Charge Usd: 2288.12
Qualifying Demand Mw: 1

Official source

“Not specified” means the current official tariff record does not establish a normalized term. Retail tariff requirements are not inferred from wholesale-grid rules, interconnection processes, or pending policy proceedings.