New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 11 - SUCCESSOR SOLAR INCENTIVE PROGRAM › Section 14:8-11.4 - Successor Solar Incentive Program eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The Administratively Determined Incentive
				Program shall be open to new net metered residential solar generation
				facilities, net metered non-residential solar generation facilities five
				megawatts and less (measured as the sum of the nameplate capacity in DC rating
				of all photovoltaic panels comprising the facility), and community solar
				facilities that submit a complete ADI Program registration pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				14:8-11.5. Community solar facilities must
				also be qualified pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Community Solar
				Energy Pilot Program or Community Solar Energy Program, as relevant, prior to
				registering in the ADI Program.
(b)
				The ADI Program shall only be open to new facilities that have not commenced
				commercial operation prior to the opening of the ADI Program registration
				portal by the Board. The ADI Program shall also be open to facilities that were
				registered in the TI Program, but failed to commence commercial operations
				and/or submit the post-construction certification package by the applicable
				expiration dates. The Board may waive strict compliance with the requirement of
				not having commenced commercial operation, in response to a petition filed in
				accordance with the requirements at
				N.J.A.C.
				14:1-1.2(b). If construction
				is commenced on a facility prior to receipt of conditional registration, such
				construction shall be undertaken at the risk of the party(ies) involved.
				Additionally, facilities seeking eligibility in the ADI Program that were not
				previously registered in the TI Program, must submit a registration and receive
				a notice of conditional registration pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				14:8-11.5(g)  prior to
				beginning construction on the facility, unless the Board grants a waiver in
				response to a petition.
(c) The
				equipment used in an ADI-eligible facility must be new; that is, none of the
				equipment may have been used prior to the installation of the ADI-eligible
				facility.
(d) The ADI Program shall
				remain open to new registrations, so long as there is sufficient capacity
				available in a given market segment, as described at
				N.J.A.C.
				14:8-11.7, Market segment megawatt
				blocks.
(e) Facilities seeking
				eligibility to participate in the ADI Program must be connected to the
				distribution or transmission system owned or operated by a New Jersey electric
				distribution company. Solar facilities connected to the grid owned or operated
				by a New Jersey municipal electric utility are also eligible to participate in
				the ADI Program.
(f) Co-location is
				not permitted in the ADI Program, unless the Board grants a waiver in response
				to a petition.
(g) The Competitive
				Solar Incentive Program shall be open to:
1.
				New net metered non-residential solar generation facilities greater than five
				megawatts (measured as the sum of the nameplate capacity in DC rating of all
				photovoltaic panels comprising the facility and any co-located
				facilities);
2. Qualifying grid
				supply solar generation facilities; and
3. Grid supply solar generation facilities
				paired with storage, for which the discharge capacity of the storage facility
				shall be measured as the nameplate capacity in megawatt-hours, and shall be
				equal to or less than four times the nameplate capacity, measured in megawatts,
				DC rating, of the associated solar facility.