What is Community Solar?

Community Solar is an easy way for you to help reduce New Jersey's energy dependence on fossil fuels. It enables residents to tap into solar energy without the hassle or cost of installing panels. Instead, through the use of community solar projects, solar power is delivered to your local power grid, and you receive solar credits on your utility bill.

Subscribers are eligible to join Community Solar projects in their home town, or in an adjoining town or county, depending on how the project is categorized by the NJ Clean Energy Office. The good news is that there are always multiple project options offered for Subscribers in PSEG’s region; however, Subscribers can only receive their solar credits from one project and can not join multiple projects.

Scroll through our infographic below about How Community Solar Works!

Scroll through to learn about Community Solar Billing!

New Jersey: A New Land of Community Solar Opportunities !

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See details from our partners Solar Landscape and Powermarket below 👍

BREAKING NEWS - In 2023 SJC will be partnering on six (6) new Community Solar Projects in Northern Jersey with our friends at Solar Landscape - stay tuned!

• Solar Landscape FAQs & Sign-up - USE INVITE CODE - SLSJC

• Community Solar Spotlight with Kevin Dunshee, COO of Solar Landscape at SJC’s Certificate Program In Urban Sustainability on April 5th - stay tuned for opportunities to join the discussion !

• 2023 Sunny Awards Recipient Equitable Community Solar - US Dept of Energy

• NEW GREEN BUSINESS COMMUNITY SOLAR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM - HELP LEAD THE WAY !

  • Sign Up Now If you want to be a Green Business Ambassador for Community Solar

Community Solar and NJ State

PSE&G Community Solar Projects - FAQs, List of Projects & Locations

Catch up with the NJ Clean Energy Office for an overview of the state’s Community Solar Program and what is planned for the next phase of projects going into 2021.

New Jersey Community Solar Project Finder › About Community Solar / For additional questions about the New Jersey Community Solar Program, email communitysolar@njcleanenergy.com

What About Jersey City ?

There are a lot of opportunities for Solar installations in Jersey City.  On rooftops big and small, parking lots, empty lots, sides of skyscrapers, Special Improvement Districts (SIDs).  Right now there are almost 100 buildings with solar panels in Jersey City, but that's less than 1% of what is possible - and it can be a profitable return on investment !

• Know what RECs are ? More about Renewable Energy Certificates, your green energy revenue stream here.

• Municipal Roadmap For Community Solar Projects By SUSTAINABLE JERSEY - JC Can Do This !

So how do we make deployment of more Solar happen faster in Jersey City?  By educating more community stakeholders - we've begun to do this and will continue to do so into 2020.  If you are interested to work on this project initiative, drop us a note here.

What Community Solar Is & ISN'T - from our friends over at EnergySage

The Importance of Low & Moderate Income Participation in Community Solar

Also, we can do a District Solar Project here in Jersey City - what about one or more of our (7) Special Improvement Districts, or what about the new BAY FRONT development being planned on the west side? We should be creating municipal incentives to deploy more Solar, particularly if officials are serious about lowering the City's carbon footprint (gentle reminder :-).