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BPU approves nine‑month extensions, new interconnection rules and monthly queue reporting for stalled community solar projects
Summary
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved nine‑month extensions for community solar and competitive solar incentive projects, directed utilities to complete engineering studies before conditional approvals, and ordered monthly public reporting of the interconnection queue to reduce delays that have stalled dozens of projects.
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on Aug. 13 approved a package of measures intended to clear a backlog of community solar (CSAP) and Competitive Solar Incentive (CSI) projects slowed by interconnection engineering studies and limited distribution grid capacity. Staff told commissioners that a wave of projects entering the programs simultaneously produced substantial wait times and that many projects require substation or site upgrades.
Staff recommended — and the board adopted — four main steps: extend commercial…
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