Vendors
For Solar Installers:
N.J.S.A. 45:5A-2(d) states that solar PV systems are by definition electrical work and requires any person engaged in installing, erecting, or repairing such equipment to be an electrical contractor under the provisions of the statute. Starting with SRP paperwork received in 2012, the Market Manager will collect the name of the New Jersey electrical license holder and New Jersey license number on the SRP application in order to demonstrate that the contractor has a valid business permit and holds a non-expired license from the New Jersey Board of Electrical Contractors.
Participate as a Vendor in the NJCEP Trade Ally Database
New Jersey's Clean Energy Program (NJCEP) invites installers and manufacturers to be a part of the program's trade ally database. Requirements to be listed on the trade ally database include:
- Become a legal entity recognized by the State of New Jersey to conduct business in the state.
- Meet insurance requirements set by the State of New Jersey.
- Comply with all tax and licensing requirements for doing business in the state.
- Review the programs within the NJCEP website, forms, guidebook and all relevant program updates.
- Complete three or more projects within NJCEP in the requested category. (e.g. PV solar residential installer or wind site assessor, etc.) Please include the NJCEP project number in the comment sections of the trade ally request form.
- Hold a non-expired New Jersey electrical contractor license and include the name of the NJ electrical license holder, NJ license number and expiration date on each SRP registration that they submit.
Additional requirements for solar equipment manufacturers:
- Solar Equipment Manufacturers - Modules must be UL listed or UL certified through a nationally recognized testing laboratory.
- Solar Inverter Manufacturers - Inverters must be certified as compliant with the requirements of IEEE 929 for small photovoltaic systems and with UL 1741 or UL certified through a nationally recognized testing laboratory.
Trade Ally Registration Process
If your company fulfills all of the requirements as listed above, you may begin the trade ally registration process. Please include the BPU approval number in the comments section when you submit your listing.
In the event that an employee or group of employees from a company on the trade ally database leaves to start their own company, the new company will not be listed on the trade ally database until the new company completes all of the requirements needed to become a trade ally.
The registration process can take up to four weeks. Please do not contact the program team until the appropriate amount of time has elapsed. Send an e-mail to njreinfo@csgrp.com.
Sign up for Renewable Energy E-mail and Working Group Notifications
To keep up with NJCEP renewable energy programs, participate in our e-mail list serve and technical working groups:
Contractor Remediation Procedures
In 2010, the Board of Public Utilities approved new procedures related to remediation of NJCEP contractor issues. Review the Contractor Remediation Procedures document.
Program Guidebooks
All installations must meet the program technical requirements contained in the program guidebooks. SRP projects follow the requirements in the 2012 SRP Program Guidebook.
Training
The Market Manager hosted a webinar to review the 2012 solar program changes, new checklists and forms on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 from 9:00am to 10:00am. View the 2012 Solar Program Changes presentation.
Quality Assurance vs. Quality Control
Renewable energy installations must pass a state inspection prior to local code inspection in order to receive an NJCEP incentive and to generate SRECs or RECs. If a system deficiency is found during the inspection, the installer must correct the issue and request re-inspection.
Effective with the June 21, 2010 New Jersey Board of Public Utilities board order, a $200 inspection fee will be charged to rebated or incentivized projects for every additional inspection required beyond the initial inspection. The fee for any additional inspections will be deducted from the rebate or incentive.
Quality Control (QC) program inspection process includes both on-site QC inspections and on-site QC verifications. The percentages for each category will be reduced to achieve an overall target on 20% inspections for incentivized projects (CORE, REIP, ESFI and NJREMI) and 10% verifications for non-incentivized projects (SRP). To meet this requirement, utility financed projects in the EDC SREC financing program and self install projects will no longer be subject to 100% inspection, but may be sampled at a higher rate than other SRP projects. On-site inspections for PSE&G loan program projects will be handled outside the program through PSE&G directly.
Quality Assurance (QA) program inspection process includes all projects that will not receive an on-site inspection or verification and therefore an inspection waiver. The Market Manager will randomly select and review 25% of these projects to perform a more in depth paperwork review (review of "As Built" information, including PV watts, shading analysis, photos, etc.) while all other projects will be reviewed only for panel count and manufacturers information.
Extension Policies
Projects that will not be completed prior to the expiration date, may be able to apply for an extension.