NJ S5016

Dual-use or agrivoltaics solar facilities, which produce solar power on unpreserved farmland while allowing continued agricultural or horticultural use of the land below and adjacent to panels, would become eligible to participate in New Jersey's community solar energy program

Currently, the Board of Public Utilities limits qualified community solar projects to rooftops, carports, canopies, contaminated sites, landfills, bodies of water, and mining sites; this bill expands eligibility to include dual-use agricultural solar installations

Dual-use facilities would gain access to community solar market incentives in addition to the existing Successor Solar Initiative (SuSI) program incentives they currently qualify for

Community solar allows utility customers to subscribe to remote solar projects within their service territory and receive bill credits equal to the electricity generated from their share of the project