New Jersey's Clean Energy Program™ continues the
 
Solar Domestic Hot Water Pilot Program

A $1,200 incentive is now available to New Jersey residents with electric hot water heating that install qualifying solar hot water systems to replace or to supplement their existing system.*

Save money and help the environment by using less fossil fuel!
A solar domestic hot water heating system is a reliable and efficient alternative for heating your hot water.  It can provide a significant portion of your home’s water-heating needs, using electric water heating as a backup to the solar water heating system.*

Getting Started:

View the list of participating contractors or call 866-NJSMART. 

Upon completion of the solar hot water system installation, your contractor will help you complete an application which you will submit, along with copies of the installation invoice and equipment specifications, so that we may process your incentive.

Upon receipt of the application, back-up documentation, and confirmation that the project meets the eligibility requirements, a $1,200 rebate will be processed for you. Rebates can either be issued to the customer or assigned to the contractor.

Selected Eligibility Requirements:

• Solar hot water systems must be installed in homes serviced by Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G), Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), Atlantic City Electric (ACE), or Rockland Electric Company (RECO). 
• Systems must be purchased on or after September 9, 2009.  Based on the participation levels of this pilot, program requirements, procedures, and effective dates are subject to change.

In addition:

• System and components (tanks and collectors) must be new components, OG-300 certified by SRCC, the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation, a rating program developed to improve the performance and reliability of solar products and backed by a manufacturers warranty of 10 years for the solar collector and 6 years for the storage tank.
• Completed systems must carry at least a 1 year comprehensive labor warranty from the date of installation.
• Solar hot water systems must either replace or retrofit an existing electric hot water system in single family homes.
• The contractor must provide customers with frost protection assurances and fail-safe freeze and overheat protection, which will help with extreme weather conditions.
• Installed systems must meet all state and local plumbing, electric, and building codes, as well as local ordinances.
• Rebates for purchase and installations meeting program requirements will be processed within 120 days after all application paperwork has been received.

*Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems do not generate Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs) and will not be registered on the SREC tracking system.  For more information about SRECs and solar electric or photovoltaic, visit the Renewable Energy section of this site.