Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G): outage credit
Report the outage; PSE&G pays claims only for damage it caused and does not pay for weather or equipment failure.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 35 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- outage dates and times
- photos
- repair estimates or receipts
- proofs of loss
Steps
Report the outage online or by phone.
If you believe PSE&G damaged your property, file a claim online or email the claim form with proofs of loss.
More contacts for this issue
Facts you can cite
- Policy
PSE&G pays the reasonable cost to repair items it damaged, or the Actual Cash Value of items already replaced. It does not pay for damage from weather, animal contact, equipment failure, damage to its equipment by others, or accidents.
Source: nj.myaccount.pseg.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Process
PSE&G aims to investigate and decide a claim within 45-60 business days after it receives the completed form and proofs of loss.
Source: nj.myaccount.pseg.com, verified 2026-10-12
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Supervisor
Ask the representative for a supervisor. Write down the name and reference number.
Written complaint
State agency
Your state’s utility commission. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), Division of Customer Assistance. The BPU Bill of Rights says to call the utility first, then the BPU if the utility cannot help.
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).New Jersey Attorney General (Division of Consumer Affairs).
Watch out
- Deferred Payment Arrangements are set up in My Account or the mobile app (sign-in required).
- The Critical Care form must be signed by the prescribing licensed medical professional every year.
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1. Set it up (needs uv):
uvx escalate-anything setup2. Ask your agent:
My Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) service was down from [date] to [date]. Use Escalate Anything to get a credit.Source code, other install options and the Claude Code plugin