By Board Order dated July 28, 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has established a new Successor Solar Incentive Program, also known as the “SuSI Program”. The SuSI Program implements the Clean Energy Act of 2018 (L. 2018, c.17) and the Solar Act of 2021 (L. 2021, c. 169). The SuSI Program provides incentives to eligible solar facilities to enable the continued efficient and orderly development of solar renewable energy generating sources throughout the state.

The SuSI Program replaces the SREC Registration Program (SRP), which was closed to new registration on April 30,2020 pursuant to the Clean Energy Act, and the Transition Incentive (TI) Program, which provided a bridge between the Legacy SRP and the SuSI Program.

The SuSI Program is comprised of two sub-programs:

     1. The Administratively Determined Incentive (ADI) Program provides administratively set incentives for net metered residential projects, net metered non-residential projects of 5 MW or less, all community solar projects.

     2. The Competitive Solar Incentive (CSI) Program will be open to qualifying grid supply installations and non-residential net metered solar installations with a capacity greater than five (5) megawatts ("MW") and eligible grid supply solar installations in combination with energy storage.

The Successor Solar Incentive Program Pre-Publication Rule Proposal can be found on the Solar Proceedings Page.

Co-Location Clarification

The Secretary of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has issued a letter which clarifies the rules for the Successor Solar Incentive Program regarding co-location of solar projects.  The pertinent rule can be found at N.J.A.C. 14:8-11.2. Initial Registrations requesting the ability to co-locate solar projects in the SuSI program must be accompanied by a SuSI Solar Incentive affidavit for Co-Located Solar facilities.

• Secretary of NJBPU Letter Clarifying the Co-Location SuSi rules
  
• SUSI Incentive Affidavit for Co-Located Solar Facilities

Submitting a SuSi Registration Packet, and Registering and Getting Paid for your Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SREC-II)

To be eligible for SREC-IIs, you must first submit a registration using the relevant SuSI Program portal, e.g., for ADI or CSI. The SuSI Program has a two-step registration process. After an initial registration is submitted, a notice of conditional registration will be issued before construction may commence.   When the installation of your solar system is complete, and a post-construction packet is submitted your project will be issued a NJ Certification Number via email. This is the number that is required to enable you to register your project in the PJM-EIS Generation Attribute Tracking System (“GATS”) where SREC-IIs are created and in the InClime system to exchange your SREC-IIs for payment.

The SuSI Program ihas a Two-Step Registration Process to get Certified:

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For any questions regarding the status of your SuSi registration, please contact, NJREINFO@NJCleanEnergy.com.

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OPEN A PJM-EIS GENERATION ATTRIBUTE TRACKING SYSTEM (GATS) ACCOUNT

Once you receive your NJ Certification Number, to create SREC-IIs based upon metered generation from your solar system, you must then open an account in GATS.  GATS registration instructions can be found HERE.

You can also contact the GATS Administrator at gatsadmin@pjm-eis.com or 877-750-4287 for any questions on how to register your solar facility in the GATS tracking system.

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OPEN A PAYMENT ACCOUNT WITH THE SREC-II ADMINISTRATOR

Once your account is approved in the GATS tracking system, to receive payment for your SREC-IIs, you must open an account with InClime, the SREC-II Administrator at How to Receive Payments – Solar Incentives NJ.

You can contact the SREC-II Administrator at (877)-754-3149 or is admin@solarincentivesnj.com.