WHEREAS, due
to the extreme cold temperatures, severe wind chill factors and
icy conditions of recent weeks, heavy residential and commercial
usage of heat and electrical utilities have resulted in electrical
brownouts, stoppages and other heating shortages throughout the
State; and
WHEREAS, the
Acting Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection
and Energy ("Acting Commissioner") has made a finding that there
exists an energy supply shortage of a dimension which endangers
the public health, safety and welfare of all regions of the State;
and
WHEREAS, based
on the above finding by the Acting Commissioner, Executive Order
No. 4 was issued on January 19, 1994 declaring a state of energy
emergency for all heat and electrical utilities for the entire State,
which Order is to remain in effect until it is rescinded by subsequent
Executive Order; and
WHEREAS, the
combination of improving weather conditions and compulsory and voluntary
reductions in power usage by the citizens of the State has improved
the energy supply; and
WHEREAS, the
Acting Commissioner has made a finding that the energy supply shortage
no longer exists;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, Governor of the State of New Jersey,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT as follows:
1. The state
of energy emergency for all heat and electrical utilities for
the entire State declared in Executive Order No. 4 issued on January
19, 1994 is hereby terminated and Executive Order No. 4 is rescinded.
2. All energy
consumers in the State are encouraged to continue efforts to conserve
heat and electrical utilities for the duration of the extreme
cold weather.
3. This
Order shall take effect as of 11:59 p.m., January 21, 1994.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal,
this 21st day of January in the Year
of Our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and ninety-four, and of the
Independence of the United States,
the two hundred and eighteenth.
/s/
Christine Todd Whitman
Governor
Attest:
/s/ Peter Verniero
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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