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A computerized selection lottery process will be used to select residents who have been impacted by COVID for eligibility determination. Property managers or owners of a residential dwelling may apply for assistance on behalf of a tenant. The landlord must:. The chart below shows the maximum income limits currently in effect for households of up to eight members. If you have a larger household, please contact DCA at for assistance in determining the maximum income limits for your household.

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If future funding becomes available, and you have submitted an application after December 15, , a computerized selection lottery process will be used to determine the order in which applications will be selected for eligibility determination. Every application submitted will have the same chance of being selected during the lottery. At this site, you can check the status of your application.

Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions at: www. French Creole. Public Notice. If a client has received SRECs for a solar system that has since been decommissioned, are they still eligible for TRECs on a whole new, different system?

Do you need to resubmit the application if the system size goes up or down after an application is approved? Projects that were granted conditional certification or conditional approval by the Board i. The e-mail must be sent within 10 business days after the execution of the change order for the increase or decrease, or the contract for purchase, installation, or removal of the photovoltaic panels included in the capacity increase or decrease.

We currently have a large project that we previously obtained an extension on that is now coming up on its new expiration date. If these expire, will we be able to reapply under the new TREC program, or will other steps need to be taken? Yes, you will be able to reapply to the Transition Incentive Program, as long as you do so before the Board establishes a registration program for the Successor Program.

If you are confident that the project will not achieve commercial operations prior to the existing expiration date, you also have the option of transferring the registration to the Transition Incentive Program prior to the expiration date.

Please also note that if your project submitted an SRP registration after October 29, , any previously granted extension expired on April 30, , i. Note: if your SRP expiration is set to occur less than 90 days from the 5. In other words, an SRP registration set to expire less than 90 days from the 5.

Upon completing your registration in the TI Program, you will receive a new expiration deadline associated with your TI Program registration. TRECs are created based on electricity production by an eligible solar electric generation system. As long as the system continues to produce electricity that is metered by the revenue grade ASNI c production meter, the electricity is eligible for TREC creation. A project that received its Permission to Operate PTO letter before April 30, but does not submit their post-construction certification package within the day deadline will not be eligible for SRECs, irrespective of having received PTO by April 30, Solar panels are rated based on how much power they produce in ideal sunlight conditions and temperature conditions known as standard test conditions.

This is defined as the maximum optimal power rating. The question is intended to show the difference between the output of a system under optimal conditions versus the actual designed conditions of the system installed. What is being asked for there? The tariff under which an electricity account is served residential, general service commercial, etc. We have a portfolio of projects that has been registered in the SRP portal, but will not achieve final certification until after April 30, , when the TREC program is put into place.

We will need to assign the facility ownership from the original applicant entity to a new business entity. Can you advise? Staff anticipates that the Schedule A System Change process will continue to exist. Under the TI Program, if a project is sited on an active brownfield but is a traditional net-metered project located behind the meter, do we still need to submit a Subsection t application in order to receive the preferred siting factor of 1?

Or do we just need to submit proof that the brownfield is still active with our initial TREC Registration Application? A net-metered project would be assigned a TREC factor based on the project type, but would not be eligible for the Subsection t factor, irrespective of being located on a brownfield.

If a grid supply project received conditional certification from the Board for a 10 MWdc system, and only 6 MWdc were built, can we build up to 4MWdc in additional capacity and register the new capacity in the TREC program? Subsection q and Subsection r of the Solar Act of required eligible projects to commence commercial operations within two years of designation by the Board.

These projects are subject to the rules and regulations of the Board. Is there a system size cap to how large a system can be to receive TRECs? No, there is no size limit associated with TREC eligibility. Transition Incentive Registration: Disclosure Forms. Where can I find the disclosure form required for registering net metered projects in the Transition Incentive Program? The Disclosure Form that must be submitted as part of the Transition Incentive application for net metered projects is available on this link.

If so, how can we obtain customer signatures? Yes, customer signatures are required on the disclosure form. However, if the signature is via docusign, you must provide the Certificate of Completion to verify the signature. Even if a contract is no longer required to register with NJBPU for the Transition Incentive Program, can we still provide it in place of the disclosure form? Net metered projects that register in the Transition Incentive portal on or after May 1, must provide a signed disclosure form.

Net metered projects that registered in the SRP prior to April 30, and were transferred to the Transition Incentive portal are not required to provide a disclosure form. What is the Customer ID in the disclosure form? Section A is the total installation cost, including all equipment, installation, and applicable interconnection costs for the solar system; Section B is the payment terms between the customer and the provider; Section C depends on the financing.

Total installation cost includes all equipment, installation, and applicable interconnection costs for the solar system. Do not include any deductions. The installation cost that is entered in this form should match the installation cost entered in the portal. How are we to provide a rate for removal or reinstall on a system that is 20 years out? We cannot foresee what the costs will be that far out. Is there a price point you can recommend?

If developers do not contract for this service, developers are expected to provide solar customers with an anticipated cost for the removal or reinstall of a system at the end of the contract or life of the system. How long is the Disclosure Statement enforceable? We have a few systems that have been installed but we haven't been able to get certificates of approval from municipalities or PTOs from utilities yet due to COVID Please see the Board Order for a list of the documentation required to apply for the waiver.

Projects are able to apply for this waiver through the SRP portal as of May 1, The content of the required affidavits is identified in the April 27, Board Order. Sample affidavits are available for informational purposes only on this page. The documents required to accompany a request for a COVID related delay to the commencement of commercial operations extension must be submitted via the SRP Portal after May 1, We have a project which reached commercial operation by April 30, , however the initial RGM has a bad modem.

We are awaiting the arrival of a new meter. What can we submit with the PTO certification for production proof of commercial operations by April 30?

The documentation required to accompany the request for waiver of the requirement to commence commercial operations by April 30 is described in the April 27 Order. Municipalities shut down completely in March and have offered no means of communication to code officials. How can documentation reflect calls to recorded closure messages? Emails, phone call logs, or other correspondence sent to municipal code officials can serve as evidence that project representatives attempted to communicate with local code officials.

How would you like us to obtain time-stamped photos for projects already installed? Most generally available phones and digital cameras are capable of showing the time and date of a photo. Are the extensions granted for SRP eligibility due to projects delayed for COVID related issues limited to delays in municipalities via inspections and the like? What about delays due to workforce reductions, material acquisitions, etc.? The PTO extensions established by the Board in the April 27, Order are only available for projects whose owners or developers can demonstrate that they were materially complete by April 30, , but were unable to reach PTO by that date due to permitting and interconnection delays.

The Order does not contemplate extensions for other delays. Please consult the Order for further information. My question pertains to residential jobs that have been sold and not yet installed due to COVID delays. I have a handful of customers who signed contracts, took out loans, were permitted and then due to COVID delays could not be installed. These clients are depending on the amount of money from the SREC program to make their projects financially viable.

Is there a path for these customers to apply for a waiver and still receive SRECs? For the waiver process, are all of the requirements listed needed to be eligible for an extension to the April 30 PTO deadline? Or are projects eligible if one of those listed items are submitted? Please see the April 27, Board Order for the list of required documents. Incomplete extensions requests will not be granted. Where do we submit the affidavit?

The documentation required to request a waiver of the SREC eligibility requirement to commence commercial operations by April 30 must be submitted in the SRP portal. In order to be eligible for SREC, how can I get an affidavit from the town if the town is not responding to phone calls or messages? The affidavit required is from the project developer, not the town. Please see this link for further information.

Please use the milestone reporting form at this link. Is an affidavit required to be submitted for each project? Or will one affidavit suffice for the group of projects we will be requesting the waiver for? Each project for which a waiver is sought must submit all the required documentation described in the April 27 Order within the SRP portal. Regarding evidence that project representatives attempted to communicate with local code officials: as you know most NJ local township requesting inspections are through phone call, and I called one township yesterday explain this special situation.

I was told that they don't answer inspection request through email, and she is not the authorized person to give this kind of proof in email; her boss will come back next week, but it's too late, so there is no email evidence I can provide, also there is no one to pick up the phone call at this time in some townships. How should I gather this item? The requirement to provide evidence that code inspection was requested does not require that a local code official responded to your email.

The requirement simply includes the email in which you requested the inspection. Phone records identifying an appropriate call to the right officials can also serve as evidence. Assuming all checklist items are completed, what criteria will determine if an SRP application is approved or denied?

Applications for SRP registration are not approved or denied. Applications for registration are considered complete if the project meets the SREC eligibility criteria established by statute and by rule located at N. Is the approval tier-based? Further to this, applications for SRP registration are also not tier based. Eligibility to create SRECs is conditioned upon meeting certain construction deadlines, including commencement of commercial operations and submission of a post-construction certification package within 90 days of receiving a PTO letter.

Eligibility for the Transition Incentive Program is determined by the submittal of a complete registration package relative to the date of attainment of the 5. For the checklist items that have multiple acceptable items, such as EDC Documentation, and Executed Contract, are these criteria evaluated on a pass-fail basis, or are more final documents worth more in the evaluation i. Any document identified by the rules as satisfying a requirement will be accepted.

The rules can be found on this link. Please review the rules if you have a question about the requirements for conditional registration for SREC eligibility. Instead, the Board has advised developers to pursue eligibility for grid supply rooftop projects in the development of the Successor Program.

Will changes to capacity, production, or price that occur between the submission of the registration package and final due diligence have an impact on the validity of an SRP application? What is the process to make these changes? The rules for the SRP registration process at N. If there are changes to the summary of equipment listed in the LOI, what is the process to make those changes and are there any implications of making changes to the application? Are there additional registration extensions beyond the usual six-month extensions that these projects could obtain due to actions beyond our control?

The provisions in the SRP rules for registration extensions do not address alternatives to the existing terms. Further extensions must be sought by petitioning the Board. See Question 16 for further information. Would previous energization deadlines apply after the Transition Incentive Program starts? We are submitting an SREC application as an extension to an existing project.

Registrations for add-on capacity to existing projects will be treated as other applications for incentive eligibility. The add-on systems require additional, dedicated ANSI c production metering in order to receive an incentive.

See Question 5 and Question 10 for further information. Which program will the add-on qualify for under the following scenarios, assuming each will receive a new solar production meter: April Would NJBPU consider reviewing a remote net metering application for a denied community solar project on a municipal owned landfill?

Is there a current program other than community solar that a project can be submitted for SREC qualification? Projects may apply for the remote net metering program if they fulfill the program requirements. Information about the remote net metering program is available on this link.

Properly closed sanitary landfills can receive conditional certification for SREC eligibility by submitting a Subsection t application to the Board through April 30, Regarding the establishment of remote net metering for public entities to act as host customers for remote net metering capacity, has this program been put into effect, and is it currently open to applications?

The remote net metering program is open for applications. Please visit this page for more information. Are remote net metered projects eligible for TRECs? This conditional approval is required prior to registering in the SRP.

The Subsection t process is limited to projects located on landfills, brownfields, or areas of historic fill. What incentive path is open to grid supply projects that do not qualify under Subsection t? Is Subsection r open for applications? Is Subsection r going to be opened? Expressions of interest submitted pursuant to Subsection r for Energy Year will not be considered for the Transition Incentive Program. Developers interested in pursuing grid supply development in New Jersey are encouraged to engage in the Successor Program stakeholder process.

Please reconcile. The Board has advised developers to pursue eligibility for new grid supply projects in the development of the Successor Program. If the developer wants to sell the off-take kilowatt-hours to any third party within New Jersey, do they need to be a NJBPU-approved third-party provider?

If they sell the kilowatt-hours outside of New Jersey, but still within the PJM states, do they still need to be an approved third-party supplier in New Jersey? Aside from these statutory requirements, which are copied in the rules governing SREC eligibility, NJBPU has no restrictions in its solar incentive programs on how the electricity is sold from grid supply solar electric generation facilities.

The timeline for review of Subsection t applications is dependent upon the specifics of each individual application. Administratively complete applications are shared with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for a review of the history and status of environmental remediation of the property and the requirements for safely constructing a solar electric generation facility on the properly closed sanitary landfill, brownfield, or area of historic fill.

However, it is likely that a Subsection t application submitted under the Transition Incentive Program would receive a conditional certification making the project eligible for TRECs. Will community solar projects that registered in the SRP but have not received approval from NJBPU need to request to be transferred to the TI portal or will they be transferred automatically?

Community solar projects that received conditional approval from the Board as part of Program Year 1 of the Community Solar Energy Pilot Program and filed a complete SRP registration will be automatically transferred to the Transition Incentive portal. Applicants will receive instructions for how to enter the TI portal to confirm the transfer.

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