American Gas Association Recognizes SJI’s Utilities for Outstanding Safety Records
Folsom, NJ, April 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
FOLSOM, NJ, April 29, 2021
– SJI (NYSE: SJI) announces its natural gas utility companies, South Jersey Gas and Elizabethtown Gas, have both been recognized for outstanding safety records.
The American Gas Association (AGA) awarded South Jersey Gas and Elizabethtown Gas with 2020 “Industry Leader Accident Prevention Awards.” This is the second straight year both utilities have won these awards.
The recognition reflects SJI’s core value of safety and its “Make Every Day a Safe Day” commitment, whereby employees receive comprehensive training to prevent operational and occupational incidents.
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CBD in March asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to change its accounting rules to no longer presume that dues paid to trade associations that engage in lobbying or other influence-related activities can be recovered in rates.
The environmental group argued in a petition for rulemaking (RM21-15) that the Edison Electric Institute, or EEI, and other trade groups engage in and support controversial political activities, such as lobbying, campaign-related donations, and litigation. Because of this, CBD said FERC should amend its accounting rules to require that all industry association dues be recorded in a way that makes those dues presumptively nonrecoverable instead of recoverable, thereby placing the burden on utilities to show why those dues should be passed on to ratepayers.
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