NJ has some of the best interconnection and net metering policies in the country how do they work and why are they so beneficial to consumers?
New Jersey was one of the first states to streamline its interconnection rules to ensure that customers with small on-site renewable energy systems could easily connect to the grid and receive compensation from the utility. Where as before, each utility had a different interconnection standard and procedure, New Jersey now requires utilities follow a standardized process – making it easy to connect to the grid. This is critical to getting the full value of those small generation systems – for both the customer and for New Jersey. One of the key benefits of solar for example is that it can offset peak demand – so during summer when the ac is running full tilt, the grid can take advantage of those small solar systems which happen to be producing at near peak capacity.
