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Monroe Planning Board approves two rooftop community-solar projects serving low- and moderate-income customers
Summary
The Monroe Township Planning Board approved Solar Landscape’s two community-solar rooftop projects — at 2 South Middlesex Ave and 1 Jabara Way — granting D1 use variances and limited bulk variances after testimony from the applicant’s counsel, engineer and planner; the projects are expected to serve about 325 and 454 homes respectively at a roughly 20% bill credit.
The Monroe Township Planning Board on the evening approved two community-solar rooftop projects from Solar Landscape, granting the use and limited bulk variances the company sought to install rooftop panels and associated ground equipment at 2 South Middlesex Avenue and 1 Jabara Way.
Solar Landscape counsel Anthony Zurillo told the board both projects require D1 variances because “community solar is not a permitted use in the LI zone,” and the company is also seeking bulk relief to locate ground-mounted equipment and to accommodate slight increases in lot coverage at the larger site.
Courtney Breese, preconstruction manager for Solar Landscape, described community solar to the board as a way for renters and homeowners to receive bill credits without installing their own systems: “Community solar programs allow all homeowners and renters to receive savings,” she said, explaining that subscribers receive consolidated-billing credits from the utility and that state rules require 51% of subscriptions be directed to low- and moderate-income (LMI) customers.
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