In New York City, a woman named Jodie S. Lane was electrocuted by a five-foot by eight-foot road utility vault plate energized by an "improperly insulated wire" in January 2004. In the coverage of her death and the growing concern regarding the role of public utilities in electrical safety in the urban environment, both the media and the New York State regulatory agency used "stray voltage" for neutral-to-earth voltage (NEV), but conceded that the notoriety of the Lane incident had caused "stray voltage" to be a term that is well recognized by the public.