As the closing date approaches, both buyers and sellers need to contact utility companies. Please do not request that the services be turned off, but simply transferred from the sellers’ names to the buyers’ names. Sellers need to request a final reading on or close to the closing date.
Reasons to leave utilities on:
- To prevent damage to the house.
- To avoid delays in the buyer obtaining new service.
- To allow the buyer to make the final inspection with the utilities in working order.
The utility company will continue service and keep all utilities on if they are given the name of the new owner at the time the final reading is requested.
GAS Companies
Public Service Electric & Gas 800-436-7734 Plainfield
Elizabethtown Gas 800-242-5830 Scotch Plains, Westfield, Fanwood, Cranford
ELECTRIC Companies
Public Service Electric & Gas 800-436-7734 Scotch Plains, Westfield, Fanwood, Cranford, Plainfield
Jersey Central Power & Light 800-662-3115
WATER
NJ American Water 800-272-1325 Scotch Plains, Westfield, Fanwood, Cranford, Plainfield
Middlesex Water 732-634-1500
United Water – Rahway 877-303-2435
NOTIFY THE FOLLOWING OF YOUR NEW ADDRESS:
Post Office
Banks
Division of Motor Vehicle
Insurance
