Toms River Energy Shopping: JCP&L's Price to Compare and the Alternatives
JCP&L is the electric utility for every Toms River neighborhood, and New Jersey Natural Gas handles the pipes. Retail Choice lets you replace the default supply rate on either fuel — everything else on the bill stays put.
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Switch Both Electric + Gas in Toms River — Save $140+/year
Toms River is in a dual fuel deregulated state. You can switch both your electricity AND natural gas provider. Most customers who switch both save $140 or more per year.
About Energy Choice in Toms River
Toms River — one of the largest townships by population along the Jersey Shore — sits squarely inside JCP&L's service territory. The utility's Toms River operations were tested hard by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and much of the post-storm hardening (elevated substations, undergrounded feeders in flood-prone Ortley Beach and Silver Bay) is still visible in the way the grid runs today. None of that changes when you shop supply.
Under New Jersey's Retail Choice framework, Toms River households can substitute a Third Party Supplier for JCP&L's Basic Generation Service. The BPU-run BGS auction sets that default rate for a twelve-month period starting each June, and it becomes the effective Price to Compare for anyone weighing a competitive offer on NJ Power Switch.
Housing in Toms River ranges from bayfront homes in Silver Bay and Money Island to inland developments like Holiday City and Silveridge Park — a large 55+ community footprint that drives materially different usage curves than the family neighborhoods around Toms River High School North. Any credible plan comparison should be run against the household's actual annual kWh, not a generic 1,000 kWh benchmark.
For natural gas, New Jersey Natural Gas is the distribution utility. Gas supply is shopped separately against NJNG's default rate, and NJNG continues to handle every service call, leak response and meter read in Toms River regardless of the supplier choice.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the electric utility for Toms River, NJ?
JCP&L (Jersey Central Power & Light) delivers electricity to every Toms River address, from Ortley Beach and Silver Bay to Holiday City and the neighborhoods west of the Parkway. JCP&L handles the wires and outage response regardless of your supplier.
Who is the natural gas utility in Toms River?
New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) is the natural gas distribution utility for Toms River. NJNG runs the mains, service lines and meters and responds to every gas emergency in the township.
What is JCP&L's Basic Generation Service rate?
BGS is JCP&L's default electric supply rate, set annually through the New Jersey BPU auction process. It's the number a Third Party Supplier's fixed rate should beat to save a Toms River household money on supply.
Can I switch back to JCP&L if I don't like my supplier?
Yes. New Jersey Choice contracts have to disclose their cancellation terms, and once a contract ends (or is properly cancelled) service returns to JCP&L's Basic Generation Service automatically — no service interruption in Toms River, no reconnection fee.
Who do I call for a Toms River outage?
JCP&L outages: 1-888-544-4877. NJNG gas emergencies: 1-800-427-5325. These lines stay the same after any supplier switch — Third Party Suppliers do not run emergency response in Toms River.