The parent company of Atlantic City Electric pledged to conduct an additional audit of its billing systems as part of its immediate next steps to address surging utility bills for customers in South Jersey, days before the N.J. Board of Public Utilities pushed a decision on the company’s 8% rate hike increase application until April.

“This is a good start, but there is still a lot of work to do,” Congressman Jeff Van Drew said last month, adding his office is continuing its fight against any…