In our spotlight on business report, scammers are targeting your electric bills.

The State Board of Public Utilities is warning residents to watch out for fraudsters who are posing as utility representatives over the phone.

They're asking customers for personal and banking information to help them enroll for that $100 credit approved by the BPU earlier this summer.

That credit, by the way, is automatically applied to your account.

And it's meant to offer a little relief for the nearly 4 million customers who have an active account with one of the state's four major public utility companies.

This is all as energy bills spike as high as 20 percent thanks to rising costs and increased demand on the grid.

Those soaring electric rates have become a major political issue in Trenton this summer too, with finger pointing over just who's to blame.

If you do get one of those bogus calls, the BPU says you should immediately hang up and file a complaint by calling the board's hotline or filling out a form on their website.

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