With an open seat on the N.J. Board of Public Utilities, a growing population, power outages, rate increases and the planned industrialization of the Atlantic Ocean, the Ocean County Board of Commissioners is renewing its call for the Jersey Shore to be represented on the state utilities board.

“Ocean County has, for years, called upon the appointing authority in the state of New Jersey to choose a resident of Ocean County to sit on the BPU in order to provide a needed voice to represent the…