2Trenton, NJ – As New Jersey residents face skyrocketing electric bills, Senator Latham Tiver and Assemblyman Michael Torrissi Jr. are calling for the Legislature to immediately reconvene in a special session to address what they describe as an affordability crisis gripping the state.

The Legislature, controlled by Democrats, has been in recess since late June and is not scheduled to return until after the November elections. In that time, average electric bills across New Jersey have climbed roughly 20 percent, pushing some households into paying hundreds of dollars more each month.

“While people are paying mortgage-sized electric bills, Democrats in the State Legislature have kept their members home all summer with little interest in solving the crisis residents are going through,” To

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