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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 6 - QUALIFIED OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS › Section 14:8-6.2 - Offshore wind renewable portfolio standards requirements

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(a)
				Each supplier/provider that sells electricity to retail customers in New Jersey
				shall ensure that the electricity it sells each reporting year in New Jersey
				includes at least the minimum percentage of offshore wind (OSW) energy required
				for that energy year as set by the Board following the approval of a qualified
				offshore wind project.
(b) The
				total OSW energy requirement for an energy year shall reflect the projected
				OREC production of qualified OSW projects, for the period covered by the
				granted ORECs, from the commercial operation start date of the qualified OSW
				projects.
(c) OREC obligations are
				a component of Class I renewable energy requirements, and satisfaction of OREC
				obligations shall be counted toward Class I renewable energy
				requirements.
(d) A Statewide OREC
				target will be determined by the Board based on projected OSW production. The
				total will be allocated among all suppliers/providers in proportion to their
				retail sales.
(e) A
				supplier/provider shall meet the requirements for OSW energy generation
				through:
1. Retirement of offshore wind
				renewable energy certificates through a renewable energy trading program
				approved by the Board; or
2.
				Submittal of offshore wind alternative compliance payments.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 6 - QUALIFIED OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS › Section 14:8-6.3 - Application process

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(a) An entity
				seeking to receive ORECs in connection with an offshore wind project shall
				submit an application to the Board for approval as a qualified offshore wind
				project. The application must meet the requirements set forth in this section,
				as well as all applicable requirements of this chapter, and of other applicable
				State and Federal laws.
(b) The
				Board will announce the open and close dates for all application periods, which
				shall be set at the Board's discretion.
(c) The Board shall approve, conditionally
				approve, or deny the application within 180 days of the receipt of a completed
				application. The parties may consent to an extension beyond 180 days.
(d) The applicant shall meet with Board staff
				and representatives of the Division of Rate Counsel no less than 30 days prior
				to submission of an application to discuss all aspects of the
				application.
(e) All applications
				must be consistent with Board application standards as set forth in Title 14 of
				the New Jersey Administrative Code.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 6 - QUALIFIED OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS › Section 14:8-6.4 - Determination of completeness of application

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(a) Upon receipt of
				the application, Board staff, in consultation with any consultants or other
				experts retained pursuant to
				14:8-6.5(a)16,
				will review the application for administrative completeness in accordance with
				the requirements set forth in
				14:8-6.5.
(b) Board staff will notify the applicant
				within 30 days of the submission if the application is administratively
				complete or is deficient. If the application is deficient, the applicant will
				be advised which items must be remedied to correct the deficiency or
				deficiencies.
(c) Once Board staff
				notifies the applicant that the application is complete as filed, the 180-day
				period for the Board to approve, conditionally approve, or deny the application
				will commence on the date the complete application was filed.
(d) If Board staff has notified the applicant
				that a deficiency or deficiencies exist, the 180-day period will not commence
				until all deficiencies have been remedied and the filing is deemed by Board
				staff to be administratively complete.
(e) If Board staff notifies the applicant
				that the application with the remediation of the deficiency or deficiencies is
				now complete, the 180-day period for the Board to approve, conditionally
				approve, or deny the application will commence on the last filing date of the
				remediation of all deficiencies.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 6 - QUALIFIED OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS › Section 14:8-6.5 - Application requirements

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(a) Each
				application shall meet the requirements set forth in (a)1 through 16 below. The
				application shall include:
1. Full business
				information, including the developer's name, primary contact person, website,
				telephone numbers, e-mail address, and street address;
i. The proposal must list all key employees
				and include resumes of employees that have an identifiable track record in
				construction and operation of power plants of similar size and scope;
ii. The applicant shall describe any work
				done to date by the key employees in developing projects of similar scope,
				especially any ocean-based energy project or New Jersey large scale energy
				project sitting work;
iii. If the
				work described was not performed by the entire team, the applicant must
				delineate the experience or work performed by key employees;
iv. The applicant shall disclose, in detail,
				any prior business bankruptcies, defaults, disbarments, investigations,
				indictments, or other actions against either the applicant, its parent company,
				affiliates, subsidiaries, or any key employees identified in (a)1i
				above;
v. The applicant shall, for
				the duration of the project, commit to: notifying the Board, within 30 days, of
				the departure of any key employee; submitting the expertise and qualifications
				for any new key employee for approval by the Board; seeking Board approval for
				any changes to the organizational structure of key employee positions and the
				level of expertise and qualifications of those key employees; and obtaining
				prior Board approval for an entity to assume a controlling interest in the
				proposed project or the approved qualified offshore wind project. Enforcement
				of this provision shall be a condition of the order granting ORECs;
vi. The applicant is not permitted to
				reallocate or replace the personnel/resources or key employees they used to
				obtain the OREC, without prior approval of the Board;
vii. The applicant shall provide
				documentation, including, but not limited to, letters of
				intent/commitment/contract, to substantiate any claims that manufacturing
				services related to the qualified offshore wind project will be sourced from a
				New Jersey location;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 6 - QUALIFIED OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS › Section 14:8-6.6 - Funding mechanism

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(a) Once the Board has approved an offshore
				wind project under this subchapter, the qualified OSW project shall be funded
				through an Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) as set forth in
				this subsection and in accordance with the following fundamental principles:
1. A Board Order that approves a qualified
				OSW project shall be binding and enforceable on all parties referenced
				therein;
2. The total annual OREC
				allowance for a qualified OSW project, once approved by the Board, shall not be
				subject to reduction or modification during the term of each OREC order unless
				otherwise agreed to by both parties;
3. A developer of a qualified OSW project
				shall be eligible to receive the project's approved OREC rates and payments for
				20 years subject to the terms and conditions of the Board Order;
4. Qualified OSW projects shall only be
				entitled to OREC revenues for megawatt hours (MWhs) actually generated over the
				20-year term delineated in the Board Order, and shall have no recourse against
				the Board, the suppliers, the EDCs, the OREC administrator, or the ratepayers
				for any additional payments;
5.
				ORECs from a qualified offshore wind project shall have a qualification life of
				three years, including the year it was generated and the following two years,
				thus, allowing ORECs to be banked for future use; and
6. All revenues generated by an OSW project
				shall be returned to ratepayers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 6 - QUALIFIED OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS › Section 14:8-6.7 - Annual true up

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(a) Concurrent with
				the RPS compliance report required by
				N.J.A.C.
				14:8-2.11, but no sooner than October 1st
				following the end of each energy year, an annual true up shall be conducted by
				the OREC administrator, suppliers, qualified OSW projects, and EDCs, with the
				oversight of the Board, consisting of the following:
1. Verification of supplier OREC obligation.
i. Each supplier's total annual OREC
				obligation is calculated based on actual retail sales and the OSW
				carve-out.
ii. Suppliers shall
				acquire additional OREC purchases or OACP credit, as necessary, to comply with
				the OSW carve-out.
iii. If, during
				the annual true up, the Board determines that a supplier did not meet its OREC
				obligation, the Board shall initiate whatever action necessary to ensure
				compliance, in accordance with existing RPS rules.
iv. If a supplier exits the New Jersey market
				because of bankruptcy or any other reason, the Board shall ensure that the OREC
				obligation is met for any energy delivered by that supplier, and that any
				supplier that steps into the exiting supplier's energy delivery obligations
				also meets the corresponding OREC obligations or the obligation shall be
				equally redistributed among all suppliers in the following energy
				year;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 7 - AGGREGATED NET METERING › Section 14:8-7.1 - Scope

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This subchapter sets forth aggregated net metering
				  requirements that apply to eligible customers, as defined in this subchapter,
				  that own and operate, on their own or pursuant to a contract with a third
				  party, a solar electric generation system, as defined at
				  14:8-1.2, sized not to exceed the
				  usage of the eligible customer's qualified facilities, as defined in this
				  subchapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 7 - AGGREGATED NET METERING › Section 14:8-7.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Additional definitions that apply to this subchapter can be found at
				  14:4-1.2 and
				  14:8-1.2 and 4.2.
"Customer qualified facility" means a property owned or
				  operated by a single customer eligible for net metering aggregation. Customer
				  qualified facilities must be located within the customer's territorial
				  jurisdiction or, for a State entity, must be located within five miles of one
				  another, and are all served by the same EDC or electric power supplier.
"Eligible customer" means a State entity, school district,
				  county, county agency, county authority, municipality, municipal agency, or
				  municipal authority, which is eligible for net metering.
"Host site" means the facility or property on which a solar
				  electric generation system is located.
"Host site meter" means the meter on the eligible customer's
				  property where the solar electric generation system is located and
				  interconnection is made, and which utilizes the net metering billing
				  account.
"Incremental costs" means costs incurred by the EDC to
				  provide aggregated net metering services, which would not otherwise have been
				  incurred by the EDC and may include, but are not limited to, billing
				  costs.
"Net metering aggregation" means a procedure for calculating
				  the combination of the annual energy usage for all facilities owned by a single
				  customer where each customer is a State entity, school district, county, county
				  agency, county authority, municipality, municipal agency, or municipal
				  authority, when one of those facilities is served by a solar electric power
				  generating facility.
"School district" means a local or regional school district
				  established pursuant to Chapter 8 or Chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey
				  Statutes, a county special services school district established pursuant to
				  article 8 of Chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, a county
				  vocational school district established pursuant to article 3 of Chapter 54 of
				  Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, or a district under full State
				  intervention pursuant to P.L. 1987, c. 399 (18A:7A-34 et seq.).
"Third-party contract" means a contract between an eligible
				  customer and a third party, which provides for ownership and/or operation of
				  the eligible customer's solar electric generation system by the third party for
				  the purpose of net metering aggregation.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 7 - AGGREGATED NET METERING › Section 14:8-7.3 - Aggregated net metering general provisions

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(a) All electric
				distribution companies (EDCs) shall, and suppliers may, offer aggregated net
				metering to eligible customers that operate a solar electric power generation
				system, provided that the following criteria are met:
1. The eligible customer operates the system
				using a net metered billing account;
2. The generating capacity of the eligible
				customer's system does not exceed the combined metered annual energy usage of
				the customer's qualified facilities;
3. The system is located on property owned by
				the eligible customer, provided that the property is not land that has been
				actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use and that is valued,
				assessed, and taxed pursuant to the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964 at any time
				within the 10 years prior to July 23, 2012. The municipal planning board of a
				municipality in which a solar electric power generation system is located may
				waive the requirement that the land not have been actively devoted to
				agricultural or horticultural use and that is valued, assessed, and taxed
				pursuant to the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964 at any time within the 10 years
				prior to July 23, 2012.
4. The
				system is not an on-site generation system.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 7 - AGGREGATED NET METERING › Section 14:8-7.4 - Third-party contracts

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(a) An eligible
				customer may contract with a third party to own and/or operate a solar electric
				power generation system for the purpose of net metering aggregation.
(b) Any third-party contract shall include
				contractual protections that provide for adequate performance and provision for
				construction and operation for the term of the contract, including any
				appropriate bonding or escrow requirements.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 7 - AGGREGATED NET METERING › Section 14:8-7.5 - Cost recovery

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An EDC may recover any incremental costs due to aggregated
				  net metering from the eligible customer to which the incremental cost may be
				  attributed. Incremental costs due to aggregated net metering shall not be
				  recovered through rates other than under the EDC's aggregated net metering
				  tariff.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 8 - STANDARD OFFER CONTRACTS › Section 14:8-8.1 - Applicability

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(a) This subchapter
				applies to a Standard Offer contract that meets all of the following criteria
				and in addition the criteria at (b) below:
1.
				The contract was executed in accordance with the Board's Demand Side Management
				(DSM) rules, formerly found at N.J.A.C. 14:12;
2. The contract was executed prior to July
				16, 2007; and
3. The contract was
				in effect as of July 16, 2007.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 8 - STANDARD OFFER CONTRACTS › Section 14:8-8.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, as used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise. Additional definitions that apply to this subchapter can be found at
				  14:3-1.1 and
				  14:4-1.2.
"Energy public utility" means a public utility, as defined at
				  14:3-1.1, that provides
				  electricity or natural gas. This term does not include a subsidiary or
				  affiliate of a public utility, nor does it include a municipal public
				  utility.
"Energy service company" or "ESCO" means a company that
				  provides energy efficiency and load management equipment and/or services to
				  energy customers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 8 - STANDARD OFFER CONTRACTS › Section 14:8-8.3 - Term of existing Standard Offer contracts

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(a) Standard Offer
				programs conducted pursuant to the Board's Demand Side Management (DSM) rules,
				formerly found at N.J.A.C. 14:12, have been and are suspended. Standard Offer
				contracts outstanding as of July 16, 2007 shall remain in effect in accordance
				with their terms and conditions.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in (a) above, in
				the event that the primary term of a contract described at
				14:8-8.1(a) and
				(b) is less than the maximum term specified
				in the Standard Offer, after July 16, 2007, the primary term shall not be
				extended up to the maximum term, regardless of any contract provision to the
				contrary. This restriction shall not affect any contract whose primary term
				has, prior to July 16, 2007, already been extended beyond July 16,
				2007.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 9 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY PILOT PROGRAM RULES › Section 14:8-9.1 - Purpose and scope

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This subchapter sets forth the rules for the establishment of
				  a Community Solar Energy Pilot Program, in accordance with
				  N.J.S.A.
				  48:3-87.11.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 9 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY PILOT PROGRAM RULES › Section 14:8-9.4 - Pilot Program capacity limits

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(a) The
				annual capacity limit for all community solar projects approved for
				participation in the Pilot Program during PY1 shall not exceed 75 MW, defined
				as the sum of the nameplate capacity in DC rating of all PV panels in projects
				approved for participation.
(b) The
				Board shall set by Board Order an annual capacity limit for community solar
				projects approved for participation in the Pilot Program during PY2 and PY3.
				The annual capacity limit for PY2 and PY3 shall be at least 75 MW per program
				year, defined as the sum of the nameplate capacity in DC rating of all PV
				panels in projects approved for participation.
(c) Unallocated capacity at the end of a
				program year may be reallocated to subsequent program years.
(d) The annual capacity limit will be divided
				among each EDC area based on their average respective percentages of in-State
				retail electric sales. In the event that there have not been enough
				applications submitted in a given service territory to provide adequate
				competition, the Board may, at its discretion, elect to not award any capacity
				in said service territory, and reallocate the unused capacity. The anticipated
				PY1 breakdown is as follows:
1. Atlantic City
				Electric......................................................12.8%
2. Jersey Central Power &
				Light........................................27.5%
3. Public Service Electric &
				Gas.........................................57.2%
4. Rockland Electric
				Co........................................................2.5%
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 9 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY PILOT PROGRAM RULES › Section 14:8-9.5 - Project siting requirements

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(a)
				Community solar projects may have subscribers anywhere in the EDC service
				territory in which they are located, unless they have indicated otherwise in
				their application to participate in the Pilot Program. Projects that have
				elected, in their application, to place a geographic restriction on the
				subscribers to the project must maintain that restriction for the lifetime of
				the Pilot Project. The Board may consider waiving this restriction during the
				project's operational period upon special request.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the
				location of a subscriber and/or a community solar project is identified by the
				location of its physical utility meter.
(c) The following siting restrictions shall
				apply to community solar projects:
1.
				Community solar projects shall not be allowed on preserved farmland.
2. Community solar projects shall not be
				allowed on land designated as Green Acres preserved open space, or on land
				owned by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, unless those
				projects are granted special approval by the DEP.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 9 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY PILOT PROGRAM RULES › Section 14:8-9.6 - Subscription requirements

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(a) All
				subscription requirements pertaining to the Pilot Program shall apply to both
				the original subscription and to all subsequent subscriptions enacted
				throughout the lifetime of a project, unless expressly determined otherwise by
				rule or Board Order.
(b) The
				minimum number of participating subscribers for each community solar project
				shall be set at 10 subscribers.
(c)
				The maximum number of participating subscribers for each community solar
				project shall be set at 250 subscribers per one MW installed capacity (prorated
				to project capacity).
(d)
				Multi-family buildings with an LMI community solar project sited on their
				property are exempt from the 10-subscriber minimum, so long as they demonstrate
				in their application that the project is intended to provide specific,
				identifiable, and quantifiable benefits to the households residing in said
				buildings.
(e) All rate classes are
				eligible for participation in a community solar project. In PY2 and PY3, the
				Board may set a minimum percentage requirement for residential
				subscribers.
(f) The following
				subscription requirements shall apply:
1.
				Community solar pilot project subscriptions shall not exceed 100 percent of the
				subscriber's historic annual usage, calculated over the past 12 months,
				available at the time of the application. In cases where a 12-month history is
				not available, the community solar subscriber organization shall estimate, in a
				commercially reasonable manner, a subscriber's load based on available
				history.
2. No single subscriber
				shall subscribe to more than 40 percent of a community solar project's total
				annual net energy.
3. Subscriptions
				are portable, provided that the subscriber remains within the original EDC
				service territory and the same geographic limitations (if any) as the community
				solar pilot project to which they are subscribed. Appropriate notice of the
				change in residence and/or location must be provided to the EDC, no later than
				30 days after the effective date of the change in residence and/or location. In
				cases of relocation, subscribers are entitled to one revision per move to their
				subscription size to account for a change in average consumption.
4. Subscriptions may be sold or transferred
				back to the project owner or community solar subscriber organization by
				subscribers as specified in their subscription agreements. Subscribers may not
				sell or transfer a subscription to another party other than the project owner
				or community solar subscriber organization.
5. A subscriber may not participate in more
				than one community solar project. It is the responsibility of the subscriber
				organization to verify that their subscribers are not already subscribed to
				another community solar project.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 9 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY PILOT PROGRAM RULES › Section 14:8-9.7 - Community solar bill credits

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(a) The
				value of the bill credit shall be set at retail rate, inclusive of supply and
				delivery charges.
(b) The
				calculation of the value of the bill credit shall remain in conformance with
				retail rate, as determined in (a) above and shall remain in effect for the life
				of the project, defined as no more than 20 years from the date of commercial
				operation of the project or the period until the project is decommissioned,
				whichever comes first.
(c) The
				credit may not be applied to non-by-passable charges.
(d) An annualized period shall be established
				for each subscriber.
1. The annualized period
				shall begin on the day a subscriber first earns a community solar bill credit
				based on the delivery of energy.
2.
				The annualized period shall continue for a period of 12 months, until the
				subscription ends, or until the subscriber's EDC account is closed, whichever
				occurs earlier.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 9 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY PILOT PROGRAM RULES › Section 14:8-9.8 - Low- and moderate-income provisions

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(a) A low- and moderate-income subscriber for
				the purposes of this subchapter is as follows:
1. A low-income household or a
				moderate-income household .
2.
				Affordable housing providers may also qualify as an LMI subscriber for the
				purposes of a community solar project. In order to do so, they must:
i. Demonstrate in their application to the
				Board and sign an affidavit that they are passing along specific, substantial,
				identifiable, and quantifiable long-term benefits to their residents/tenants;
				and
ii. Sign and submit to the
				Board, an affidavit indicating that they will pass along said specific,
				substantial, identifiable, and quantifiable long-term benefits to their
				residents/tenants.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 9 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY PILOT PROGRAM RULES › Section 14:8-9.9 - Codes and standards

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(a)
				Community solar pilot projects shall comply with all current and future
				applicable interconnection requirements applicable to each EDC, as set forth in
				N.J.A.C. 14:8-5 and shall be processed by the EDCs following normal
				interconnection procedures.
(b)
				Community solar projects must conform to all codes, standards, and licensing
				requirements that were applicable when the project was constructed.
(c) Community solar projects shall be
				considered as connected to the distribution system.
(d) Each community solar project shall
				telemeter its production data to the EDC in accordance with EDC EDI
				procedures.
(e) The EDCs shall be
				responsible for measuring the metered production of energy by community solar
				pilot projects, and for verifying that the community solar pilot projects are
				producing an amount of energy that is greater than or equal to the amount of
				energy that is being credited to subscribers' bills.
(f) The EDCs shall make available and update,
				in a commercially reasonable fashion, capacity hosting maps, within 90 days of
				the beginning of PY1.
(g) A
				community solar project shall not subscribe more than 100 percent of the output
				of the community solar facility at the project's nameplate capacity in DC
				rating.
(h) Community solar
				developers and owners are responsible for complying with all applicable Federal
				and State securities laws, rules, and regulations.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 9 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY PILOT PROGRAM RULES › Section 14:8-9.10 - Consumer protection

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(a) Board
				staff shall develop a standard registration form for subscriber organizations.
				Subscriber organizations shall be required to complete and submit this form at
				least 30 days prior to first doing community solar business operations in New
				Jersey. Failure to comply may result in a temporary or permanent prohibition
				from conducting business related to community solar in New Jersey. Subscriber
				organizations must submit the form only once, unless there is material change
				to the content of the registration form, at which time a new registration form
				must be submitted.
(b) Community
				solar subscriber organizations must comply with all applicable laws, rules, and
				regulations governing advertising, marketing, and fair business practices.
				Additionally, the following consumer protection measures shall apply to all
				subscriber organizations, and any agent, contractor, subcontractor, or
				affiliated person.
1. As to subscriptions, as
				follows:
i. A community solar subscriber may
				not be subscribed without their affirmative written consent, either via wet or
				electronic signature.
ii. If a
				subscriber organization uses electronic methods to sign up, renew, or switch
				subscribers, the subscriber organization shall comply with the Uniform
				Electronic Transaction Act,
				N.J.S.A. 12A:12-1
				through 26.
iii. A subscriber
				organization may not add a new charge or make any other material change to the
				content of the contract or subscription without first obtaining affirmative
				written consent via wet or electronic signature from the subscriber, whether it
				be for a new service, existing service, or service option.
iv. Customers must be notified in writing
				within 30 days if the subscriber organization managing their subscription has
				changed;
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 9 - COMMUNITY SOLAR ENERGY PILOT PROGRAM RULES › Section 14:8-9.11 - Reporting

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(a) EDCs are
				required to submit monthly electronic reports to the Board on community solar
				pilot project interconnections and energy production, within 30 days of the end
				of the calendar month being reported upon. The content of the reports shall
				include, but not be limited to:
1. A list of
				community solar projects that submitted an interconnection application,
				including name, location, and proposed capacity;
2. A list of community solar facilities
				interconnected over the previous month, including name, location, and
				capacity;
3. The estimated kilowatt
				hours supplied to the distribution system by community solar facilities over
				the previous month, and a description of the estimation methodology
				used;
4. The total number of
				community solar subscribers, and estimated total community solar bill credits
				distributed to community solar subscribers, over the previous month;
5. The estimated "excess" kilowatt hours,
				that is, estimated kilowatt hours produced by a community solar facility that
				were not allocated to a community solar subscriber; and
6. The cumulative totals since the beginning
				of the Pilot Program. This shall include the total number of community solar
				interconnection applications received, total number of community solar
				facilities interconnected, total capacity of community solar facilities
				interconnected, estimated total kilowatt hours supplied to the distribution
				system by community solar facilities, estimated total community solar bill
				credits distributed to community solar subscribers, and estimated total number
				of community solar subscribers.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 10 - SOLAR TRANSITION INCENTIVE › Section 14:8-10.1 - Purpose and scope

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This subchapter sets forth the rules for the establishment of
				  a solar energy Transition Incentive (TI) Program designed to provide a bridge
				  between the SREC Program and a solar Successor Incentive Program under
				  development by the Board. Owners and developers of proposed solar electric
				  generation facilities that received a conditional registration pursuant to
				  N.J.A.C.
				  14:8-2.4(h)4 that has not
				  expired, been cancelled, or commenced commercial operations prior to the
				  State's attainment of 5.1 percent of its retail electricity sales from solar
				  electric generation facilities (5.1% Milestone), which the Board determined to
				  be April 30, 2020, and submitted a post-construction certification package
				  within 90 days of the 5.1% Milestone, will be instructed by Board staff on how
				  to transfer their project to the Transition Incentive registration pipeline.
				  Following April 30, 2020, and prior to the Board's announcement of the opening
				  of a registration process for the solar Successor Incentive Program, solar
				  electric generating facilities meeting the TI eligibility criteria established
				  in this subchapter may register for the Transition Incentive
				  Program.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 10 - SOLAR TRANSITION INCENTIVE › Section 14:8-10.2 - Definitions

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For the purposes of this subchapter, the following words and
				  terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Net-metered non-residential" means a solar system that
				  receives a net metering credit on a non-residential tariff. A net-metered
				  non-residential system must be a "customer-generator" as the term is defined at
				  N.J.A.C.
				  14:8-4.2.
"Net-metered residential" means a solar system that receives
				  a net metering credit on a residential tariff. A net-metered residential system
				  must be a "customer-generator" as the term is defined at N. J.A.C.
				  14:8-4.2.
"PJM Environmental Information Services" or "PJM-EIS" means
				  the unregulated affiliate of PJM Interconnection LLC, that operates the
				  Generation Attribute Tracking System (GATS).
"Subsection (r)" means the provision of the Solar Act of 2012
				  that provides the criteria for SREC eligibility for grid supply solar
				  installations not addressed by Subsection (q), Subsection (s), or Subsection
				  (t) of the Solar Act of 2012.
"Subsection (t)" means the provision of the Solar Act of 2012
				  that provides the criteria for SREC eligibility for grid supply solar
				  installations located on properly closed sanitary landfills, brownfields, or
				  areas of historic fill.
"Transition Incentive Renewable Portfolio Standard" or
				  "TI-RPS" means the total sum of TRECs retired each year, which shall be a
				  carve-out of the current standard Class I RPS requirement with each TREC
				  allocated to, and retired on behalf of, the TPS/BGS provider.
"TREC qualification life" means, pursuant to N.J.A.C.
				  14:8-10.6(f), TI-Eligible Projects that create TRECs for 15 years following the
				  date of commencement of commercial operations as evidenced by the authorization
				  to energize provided by a project's local electric distribution company through
				  a Permission to Operate (PTO) letter or email.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 10 - SOLAR TRANSITION INCENTIVE › Section 14:8-10.3 - Transition Incentive Program structure

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(a) The Transition Incentive Program shall be
				comprised of TRECs that are created by PJM-EIS on the Generation Attribute
				Tracking System (GATS) for each megawatt-hour generated and metered by eligible
				solar projects.
(b) TRECs shall be
				jointly procured by the EDCs to satisfy compliance obligations pursuant to the
				Transition Incentive Renewable Portfolio Standards (TI-RPS) at (c) below. The
				EDCs shall work with Board staff to jointly procure a TREC Administrator, who
				will be responsible for administering the procurement, allocation, and
				coordinating retirement of TRECs
(c) The TI-RPS is a carve-out of the Class I
				RPS requirement. Each TREC shall be allocated to, and retired on behalf of, New
				Jersey's TPS/BGS providers based on their respective market share of retail
				sales. Each TREC retired shall reduce the Class I requirement by one REC as set
				forth at N.J.A. C. 14:8-2.3(d) and (r).
(d) Irrevocable Standing Orders shall be
				treated as follows.
1. An Irrevocable Standing
				Order, defined in the GATS Operating Rule as "A reoccurring automatic transfer
				of certificates for a given generating unit from the account holder's active
				subaccount to the active subaccount held by different account holders," shall
				be created in GATS for each TREC eligible project. The Irrevocable Standing
				Order will cause the automatic transfer of TRECs created by an eligible solar
				project to the EDC Joint GATS Account.
i. The
				Irrevocable Standing Order shall require for that Generator that 100 percent of
				the certificates be automatically transferred from each meter reading to the
				EDC Joint GATS Account.
ii. A
				Standing Order is not activated until the transferor confirms, and the TREC
				administrator accepts, the Standing Order transfer.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 10 - SOLAR TRANSITION INCENTIVE › Section 14:8-10.5 - TREC value

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(a) The base
				compensation value of a TREC shall be $ 152.00 per mega-watt hour (MWh) for
				eligible electricity generated during each year of a project's 15-year TREC
				qualification life.
(b) Each
				project registered in the SREC or TREC registration program shall be assigned a
				TREC factor by staff based on the following defined market segments.
1. The factors for the defined market
				segments are as follows:
Defined Market Segments
Factor
Subsection (t) landfill, brownfield, areas of historic
						fill.
1.0
Subsection (r) rooftop
1.0
Net-metered non-residential rooftop and canopy
1.0
Community solar
0.85
Subsection (r) ground mount
0.6
Net-metered residential ground mount
0.6
Net-metered residential rooftop and canopy
0.6
Net-metered non-residential ground mount
0.6
2. A
				TI-Eligible Project that, in its entirety, is eligible for multiple factors
				shall be assigned the lower project classification factor.
3. A TI-Eligible Project with multiple
				segments eligible for multiple factors must separately meter each segment as
				separate projects to enable application of the appropriate factor to the
				electricity generated by each segment.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 10 - SOLAR TRANSITION INCENTIVE › Section 14:8-10.6 - Mechanism for creation of TRECs

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(a)
				TRECs shall be created in the same manner in which SRECs are created pursuant
				to
				N.J.A.C.
				14:8-2.4 and 2.9, which is based upon metered
				generation supplied to GATS by the owners of eligible facilities or their
				agents.
(b) One TREC shall be
				created for each mega-watt hour (MWh) of eligible electricity produced from a
				TI-Eligible Project. A TREC created for eligible electricity shall not be used
				for a purpose other than satisfying the TI-RPS and upon retirement the
				reduction in the Class I obligation of a TPS/BGS provider.
(c) All solar electricity must be metered
				using an ANSI c-12 certified meter consistent with the provisions governing
				SREC creation at
				N.J.A.C.
				14:8-2.9(c)1  and
				2.
(d) A TREC may be redeemed in
				GATS in the energy year in which the electricity was produced or in the
				following energy year.
(e)
				Electricity generated by an eligible facility more than two years before it is
				entered into the GATS system, shall not be eligible for a TREC, but is eligible
				to create a New Jersey Class I REC.
(f) A TI-Eligible Project shall be eligible
				to generate TRECs for 15 years following the date of commencement of commercial
				operation (the TREC Qualification Life).
(g) Qualified projects may be eligible for a
				New Jersey Class I REC at the conclusion of the 15-year TREC Qualification
				Life.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 10 - SOLAR TRANSITION INCENTIVE › Section 14:8-10.7 - TRECs deemed eligible for Board financial assistance

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Wages paid in connection with the construction of a solar
				  electricity generating facility with output capacity of one megawatt dc or
				  greater, which facility is registered to generate TRECs pursuant to
				  P.L.
				  2009, c. 89
				  (N.J.S.A.
				  48:2-29.47) are subject to the New Jersey
				  Prevailing Wage Act,
				  N.J.S.A.
				  34:11-56.25 et seq.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 11 - SUCCESSOR SOLAR INCENTIVE PROGRAM › Section 14:8-11.1 - Purpose and scope

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This subchapter sets forth the rules for the establishment of
				  a new solar incentive program, the Successor Solar Incentive Program (SuSI
				  Program). The SuSI Program is comprised of two subprograms: the
				  Administratively Determined Incentive Program (ADI Program) and the Competitive
				  Solar Incentive Program (CSI Program). The ADI Program is designed to provide
				  an incentive for net metered residential facilities, net metered
				  non-residential facilities five megawatts or less (measured as the sum of the
				  nameplate capacity in DC rating of all photovoltaic panels comprising the
				  facility), and community solar facilities. The CSI Program is designed to
				  provide an incentive for qualifying grid supply facilities, net metered
				  non-residential facilities greater than five megawatts, and certain electricity
				  storage facilities that are combined with grid supply solar
				  installations.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 8 - RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Subchapter 11 - SUCCESSOR SOLAR INCENTIVE PROGRAM › Section 14:8-11.3 - Successor Solar Incentive Program structure

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(a) The Successor Solar Incentive Program
				shall provide an incentive to solar generation facilities deemed eligible
				pursuant to this subchapter. The SuSI Program incentive shall be paid to
				SuSI-eligible solar facilities having received a New Jersey State Certification
				Number pursuant to N.J.A.C. 14:8-11.5in the form of NJ SREC-IIs that are
				created by PJM-EIS GATS for each megawatt-hour generated, metered, and reported
				to PJM-EIS GATS.
(b) All NJ
				SREC-IIs shall be jointly procured by the EDCs to satisfy compliance
				obligations pursuant to the Renewable Portfolio Standards at (c) below. The
				EDCs shall jointly procure an NJ SREC-II Administrator, in consultation with
				Board staff. The NJ SREC-II Administrator will be responsible for administering
				the procurement, allocation, and retirement of SREC-IIs.
(c) The SuSI requirement is a carve-out of
				the Class I RPS requirement. Each NJ SREC-II shall be allocated to, and retired
				on behalf of, New Jersey's TPS/BGS providers based on their respective market
				shares of retail sales. Each NJ SREC-II retired shall reduce the Class I
				requirement by one REC as set forth at
				N.J.A.C.
				14:8-2.3(d), (r), and
				(s).
(d) The owner of a SuSI-eligible facility may
				assign ownership of a facility's NJ SREC-IIs to a third party if, and when, one
				of the following occurs:
1. Sale of the
				facility;
2. Bankruptcy of the
				owner of the SuSI-eligible facility; or
3. The owner of the SuSI-eligible facility
				enters into a contract assigning ownership to a third party.