How to Become a Third Party Supplier
What You Need to Know
If you're a Third Party Supplier (TPS) or Energy Consultant (EC), this page will provide you with information on how to get started as a TPS through New Jersey Energy Choice.
How to Become a New Jersey Third Party Energy Supplier or Energy Consultant (EC)
1. Obtain certification/license from the NJ Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and provide a copy of the same to PSE&G’s Energy Supply Administration group (see address below.)
2. Submit the appropriate TPS Application or EC Application to PSE&G's Energy Supply Administration group.
3. Submit two signed originals of the Confidentiality Agreement from the TPS and from the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) provider (a total of four documents) to PSE&G's Energy Supply Administration group.
4. For electric TPS: submit two executed copies of the TPS Agreement to PSE&G's Energy Supply Administration group.
For energy consultants: submit two executed copies of the Energy Consultant Agreement to PSE&G's Energy Supply Administration group.
5. If doing consolidated billing, submit two executed copies of the Billing Services Agreement, a.k.a. the Customer Account Services Master Service Agreement, to PSE&G's Energy Supply Administration group.
6. Satisfy all credit requirements with PSE&G’s Energy Supply Acquisition and Operations group. For electric TPS, credit requirements are set forth in the TPS Agreement. For gas TPS, credit requirements are set forth in the TPS Requirements section of PSE&G’s Tariff for Gas Service.
7. Submit an electronic copy of the completed EDI Survey to PSE&G's TPS Support group. (A scanned copy cannot be accepted.) All information requested must be supplied or the application will be returned. Important note: Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol version 1.2 or higher must be used.
8. Submit electronically the TPS's public keys for EDI connectivity to PSE&G’s EDI provider upon request.
9. Submit the annual General Energy Consultant Administrative Fee set forth in Appendix A of the Energy Consultant Agreement..
10. All of the above requirements must be completed prior to any EDI testing.
11. PSE&G or its EDI provider will send a certification notification to the TPS once all testing has been successfully completed.
12. Electric supplier applicants must provide the PJM capacity short name for capacity scheduling to PSE&G Energy Supply Administration group, and confirm the PJM eSchedule contract (in PJM eSchedules) for energy scheduling.
How to Contact Us
Refer to our contact list below for your specific needs. If you have a general inquiry, or don’t know who to call regarding an issue, please contact Third Party Supplier Support.
Third Party Supplier Support
Third Party Supplier Support is also available to assist with inquiries, account-related requests, training, and EDI.
Public Service Electric & Gas
Third Party Supplier Support
24 Brown Avenue
Springfield, NJ 07081
1-800-664-4761 Option #1
Email: TPSupplier@pseg.com
Energy Supply Acquisition and Operations
Energy Supply Acquisition and Operations supports TPS accreditation and enrollment, capacity and transmission obligations, and settlement/reconciliation, including energy, capacity and transmission.
Public Service Electric & GasEnergy Supply Acquisition and Operations
80 Park Plaza, T18
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone- 973-430-8055
Fax-973-624-2891
E-mail: settlements@pseg.com
FAQ
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The customer can call the customer service telephone number on their bill (1-800 436-7734) and request the information.
The customer or supplier can fax an authorization to PSE&G at 908-497-1763, or the supplier can submit an EDI historical usage request. Customers may be required to sign authorization forms before PSE&G can provide information.
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Under the Customer Billing Process, a TPS will provide customers with the opportunity to select either the one or two bill options.
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Twenty days after PSE&G accepts the supplier’s charges through EDI, PSE&G’s bank forwards a payment to the supplier's bank regardless of whether the customer paid the charges or not..
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To find out rate class and loss factor information, class load profiles, and capacity and transmission obligation information, see our Energy Choice Documents page.
View dynamic load profiles that represent all of PSE&G's major rate classes that are not hourly metered on the Load Profiles on our Energy Choice Documents page.
Please check our Energy Choice Documents page for other useful info.
Under the Customer Billing Process, a TPS will provide customers with the opportunity to select either the one or two bill options.
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