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3/7/2008
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U.S. Senate passes comprehensive legislation to give the CPSC the money and authority it needs to protect the public from dangerous products. | |
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11/20/2007
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Hazardous toys are still sold in toy stores across the country, according to NJPIRG's 22nd annual Trouble in Toyland Report. | |
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09/14/2006
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After two years of public hearings, litigation, testimony and negotiations and more than 11,500 letters, phone calls and emails to state decision makers, New Jersey consumers won a precedent-setting, hard-fought victory today when Exelon walked away from its takeover bid to buy-out PSEG. The merger would have raised electric rates in New Jersey by as much as $2.3 billion a year, reduced reliability and quality of service, and risked public safety. | |
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08/14/2006
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New Jersey Public Interest Research Group and New Jersey Citizen Action’s Executive Directors stood together in front of the State House today to call on Senatorial Candidates Robert Menendez and Tom Kean Jr. to oppose Exelon’s takeover of PSEG unless the companies agree to a plan that would create a more competitive electricity market that protects New Jersey consumers. | |
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08/04/2006
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New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG), New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA), and the New Jersey Chemistry Council applauded the Board of the Public Utilities’ action today on the Exelon’s proposed takeover of PSEG. | |
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08/03/2006
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07/27/2006
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New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) joined citizens, consumer groups and New Jersey Public Advocate Commissioner Ronald Chen at a public hearing before an administrative law judge this morning to urge the court and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to reject PSE&G’s request for a $132.8 million gas rate increase. | |
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06/26/2006
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Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D-20), Deputy Majority Leader and chair of the Democratic State Committee, joined a coalition of consumer, environmental and business organizations today to announce that a majority of the New Jersey assembly are co-sponsors of a resolution calling on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to reject Exelon's proposed takeover of PSEG. | |
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05/04/2006
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A coalition of consumer, labor, business and environmental groups convened a press conference at the New Jersey State House today to urge Governor Corzine to protect New Jersey ratepayers and publicly call for the rejection of Exelon’s takeover of PSEG. | |
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05/04/2006
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For more than 30 years, NJPIRG has been working to ensure New Jersey consumers get the cleanest, safest, most affordable and most reliable energy possible. So when we heard about Exelon’s plants to takeover PSEG in December 2004, we quickly became very concerned. | |
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04/26/2006
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NJPIRG applauds the Public Advocate for taking a principled stand against the proposed Exelon-PSEG merger. In no uncertain terms, Public Advocate Ron Chen clearly explained that this merger would be a bad deal for consumers. | |
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03/27/2008
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Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey—Students overwhelmingly support limits on campus credit card marketing, according to the results of a nationwide USPIRG survey of over 1500 students at 40 colleges in 14 states including Rutgers University. | |
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03/15/2006
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Today the NJ Supreme Court vindicated what consumer advocates have contended for a long time: the Rent-to-Own industry is not above the law, and has no right to charge its customers—largely the urban poor—interest in excess of 80% a year. Instead, Rent-to-Own must charge its customers no more than 30% interest, the maximum legal interest rate in New Jersey for these types of transactions. | |
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01/10/2006
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At evidentiary hearings before Office of Administrative Law Judge Richard McGill, it is becoming clearer by the day that Exelon’s proposed takeover of PSEG will only benefit shareholders and corporate executives, leaving New Jersey ratepayers to suffer the consequences of higher rates and diminished service. | |
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01/04/2006
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On January 1, New Jersey’s potent, comprehensive “Identity Theft Prevention Act” took effect. The law limits the use and display of social security numbers, requires business to thoroughly destroy discarded documents, requires businesses to notify consumers if an unauthorized person accesses enough information to steal their identity, and empowers consumers to prevent new account fraud with a user-friendly “security freeze.” | |