Dear New Jersey Board of Public Utilities,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:

Dear New Jersey Board of Public Utilities,

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:

I am requesting information on the following statute

52:32-31.11 Annual report to department. (I would like to see your annual report)
11. Each contracting agency shall submit an annual report to the department according to a schedule announced by the department. This report shall include the following information:
a. the total dollar value and number of contracts awarded to disabled veterans' businesses, including a separate accounting of any set-aside contracts, and the percentage of the total State procurements by the contracting agency that the figure of total dollar value and the number of set-asides reflect;
b. the types and sizes of businesses receiving set-aside awards and the nature of the purchases and contracts; and
c. the efforts made to publicize and promote the program.
The department shall receive and analyze the reports submitted by the contracting agencies and, utilizing these data, submit an annual report to the Governor, and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), showing the progress being made toward the objectives and goals of this act during the preceding fiscal year.
L.2015, c.116, s.11.
52:32-31.12 Annual plan. (I would like to see your annual plan for achieving these goals)
12. Each contracting agency shall annually develop, in consultation with the department, a plan for achieving its disabled veterans' business goals.
L.2015, c.116, s.12.

We would also like to see the annual statewide assessment of diversity spends for all utilities reporting to the BPU.

Yours faithfully,

Harley Alacqua

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Hilerio, Peter, January 28, 2021
Hello,

We have received your request below, and file number C168028 has been assigned to this request.

As an exception to the typical response time frame, P.L. 2020, c.10, enacted on March 20, 2020, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(i) provides that the statutory time frame shall not apply during a “state of emergency, public health emergency, or state of local disaster emergency . . .” We are currently processing this request, and we will notify you when we are done.

Peter Hilerio, Esq.
Office of the Secretary
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
44 South Clinton Ave.
Trenton, NJ 08625
Office: (609) 292-4136
[email address]
www.nj.gov/bpu

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Harley Alacqua