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BPU adopts agrivoltaics pilot rules to pair solar with active farmland
Summary
The Board approved notice of adoption and proposed substantial changes to establish a dual‑use solar (agrivoltaics) pilot, set a first solicitation capacity target of 65 MW and proposed an application fee of $1,000 per megawatt (waiver possible for financial hardship).
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on Nov. 21 voted to adopt rules creating a dual‑use solar (agrivoltaics) pilot and to publish proposed substantial changes to the implementing rules.
Board staff told commissioners the pilot, established under the state’s dual‑use and solar statutes and developed with input from Rutgers and state agriculture and environmental agencies, is intended to permit solar generation to co‑exist with active farming on unpreserved farmland. Staff recommended two linked actions: (1) approve…
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