Home Solar in New Jersey

Over 50% of New Jersey's electricity comes from nuclear power, and almost 20% comes from coal power.

New Jersey is a leader in home solar. With close to 4,000 residential solar installations, New Jersey solar is second only to California in total installations, at only a fraction of California’s size. It’s not surprising as New Jersey’s state government offers plenty of New Jersey solar incentives, including rebates under the Renewable Energy Incentive Program (REIP) and an ambitious New Jersey Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) program that allows homeowners to sell their energy credits in a New Jersey clean energy marketplace.

New Jersey recently adopted an Energy Master Plan which includes a goal of generating 30% of the state’s electricity from renewable sources like solar by 2020! New Jersey supports programs that make it easier for residents to participate.

SunRun Home Solar in New Jersey

With SunRun, homeowner can go solar in New Jersey for as low as $0 down! With free panels and installation, you can start saving immediately with SunRun. New Jersey homeowners pay 45% more for their electricity than the national average, and rates will increase 55% on average over the next ten years! Take control of your electricity by looking into one of SunRun’s flexible Power Plans. SunRun Power Plan allows you to lock in a low, fixed rate for your NJ solar electricity with a solar power purchase agreement. SunRun Total Solar lets you skip the monthly payments and pay for the next 18 years in advance. Owning a New Jersey solar home is one of the best ways to protect you and your family against expensive utility rate hikes.

It’s not only affordable, but easy to go solar with SunRun. Available in New Jersey since January of 2010, SunRun will take care of all installation, maintenance and repair, and monitoring, so you don’t have to worry about a thing. A SunRun certified New Jersey solar installer will install your panels and SunRun will monitor them once the panels are up and running. If anything goes wrong, SunRun will the first to know and will send a crew to fix it. You can rest assured that your New Jersey solar system is in good hands with SunRun.

Read what New Jersey homeowners have to say about going solar with SunRun!

Solar Rebates in New Jersey

The Renewable Energy Incentive Program (REIP) provides rebates that reduce the cost of installing New Jersey solar projects by $1.75 with an energy audit, or $1.55/watt without. There is a 30% Federal Investment Tax Credit on top of these state rebates.

You can sell your New Jersey solar energy credits on the market with the NJ Solar Renewable Energy Certificate tracking system (SREC). Electricity suppliers, otherwise subject to a solar Alternative Compliance Payment, purchase these SRECs to meet the requirements of New Jersey’s Solar Renewable Portfolio Standard. Every 1,000 kWh of electricity you produce with your solar system is an SREC earned, becoming a recurring source of revenue for the first 15 years of your system’s life. As of right now, you can sell one year’s worth of SRECs for approximately $4500 for a 7kW New Jersey solar system. But, with each year, the SREC market value is expected to decrease. Now is the best time to go solar in New Jersey!

More Information

• Hear more from SunRun customers in New Jersey, including those who went solar in Monmouth County and Burlington County.
• Not in New Jersey? Read about SunRun solar in California, solar in Massachusetts, solar in Arizona, and solar in Colorado.
• Contact SunRun to find a solar solution for your home.