This is a smaller increase than 2025's BGS jump, but it stacks on top of it for JCP&L default-supply customers.
+$2a month
JCP&L (Jersey Central Power and Light), New Jersey
JCP&L base distribution rate case
Pending Base rate case before the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
+$14a month
on a typical bill, if approved as asked
As published, for a home using 767 kWh a month.
FiledAug 7, 2026
Hearingnot scheduled yet
Decisionpending
On billsafter the decision
JCP&L filed a base distribution rate case on August 7, 2026 seeking a 253 million dollar increase in base distribution rates, plus separate recovery of 476 million dollars in storm costs deferred from 2018-2025 through a 10-year charge starting January 2028. If approved, the average residential customer using 767 kWh would see an 8.8 percent total bill increase of about 14.23 dollars a month, though the company proposed delaying the bill impact from a May 2027 effective date until January 2028.
What it means for your bill: JCP&L is asking to raise base delivery rates but has proposed offsetting the impact for residential customers until 2028, so this would not show up on typical bills right away even if approved.
- Status
- Pending
- Utility
- JCP&L (Jersey Central Power and Light)
- Commission
- New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
- Filed
- August 7, 2026
- Requested
- 8.8% residential, $253 million a year
- Typical bill change
- +$14.23 a month at 767 kWh
- Last checked
- August 29, 2026
How to comment
Comments and formal filings can be submitted through the BPU's E-Filing portal, referencing the docket number. Comment page. Division of Rate Counsel represents households in this case.
Sources
- JCP&L Rate Proposal Delays Bill Impact for Residential Customers Until 2028 While Supporting Reliability Investments, FirstEnergy / PR Newswire, 2026-08-07
- JCP&L rate proposal delays bill impact of 8.8% for residential customers until 2028, ROI-NJ, 2026-08-07
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Other JCP&L (Jersey Central Power and Light) matters
This is a default electric supply price increase from the statewide auction, not a JCP&L delivery rate case; shopping for a competitive supplier avoids it.
+$26a month, est.