Hurricane Sandy

Vicari Keeps Up Push For Utilities To Waive Fees, Bills For Displaced Superstorm Sandy Residents

Residents must call the Ocean County Department of Consumer Affairs to report their problems with utilities, county will advocate on their behalf

Don't take no for an answer. Call us. That's the message Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari wants to get out to Superstorm Sandy victims who are still receiving utility bills, even though they may have lost their homes or been displaced. "If they have an issue with a utility company, call us up," he said. 'We will do the best we can." Residents need to call or e-mail the Ocean County Department of Consumer Affairs with their information before they county can act on their behalf, Vicari said. The phone is 732-929-2105. The fax is 732-506-5330. The e-mail is ConsumerAffairs@co.ocean.nj.us. And he has no patience for utility officials who say they are billing customers fixed costs, not actual usage. "I don't care," he said. "This is the worst storm…

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UPDATE: Freeholder Wants Utility Companies To Waive Fees For Residents Left Homeless Or Displaced By Storm

Ocean County Department of Consumer Affairs working on survey to address the problem

Call it adding insult to injury. That's Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari's reaction to utilities that continue to send bills to Superstorm Sandy victims who may not even have a home left or one they can live in. "If you lost your home, it no longer exists," he said at the Feb. 21 Board of Freeholders meeting. "But you are still getting a bill." Vicari said he has already spoken to Jersey Central Power and Light representatives, who have agreed to make corrections in bills sent to residents who lost their homes or are displaced. "Adjustments will be made," he said. "We are working on that. We hear what people are saying." Many residents who have been displaced are now actually being double billed - first for utility usage in homes they can no …

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Skitch

1:31 am on Saturday, February 23, 2013

I live in Beach Haven West/Stafford Twsp. What i have left of my house is a roof and 4 exterior walls that are jack off of the foundation. I have no toilet, no sinks left, no tub and no showers. No working plumbing at all in the house. I can not use any water or flush a toilet yet i still have to pay my water bill because i still own the house. The only way to stop the water/sewer bill from …   more ›