On Friday, December 20, 2019, the Board approved 45 applications to participate in the first year of its Community Solar Energy Pilot Program. The Board Order, which includes the list of approved projects, is available
here
, and the press release is available
here
.
While NJBPU reserved 40 percent of the pilot program’s capacity for projects in which at least 51 percent of the capacity serves low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities, 100 percent of the approved renewable energy projects will serve LMI households in the state.
The approved projects will all be located on landfills, brownfields, rooftops, or parking canopies.
