Solar installation isn’t an option for everyone, but renters and homeowners alike can easily switch to a renewable energy provider or subscribe to Community Solar.
Solar installation isn’t an option for everyone, but renters and homeowners alike can easily switch to a renewable energy provider or subscribe to Community Solar.
Now most everyone in New Jersey can receive the benefits of solar.
All electric utility customers in New Jersey can participate in Community Solar. This is an ideal opportunity for renters, homeowners with shaded roofs, or anyone else that is unable to install their own solar array to participate and benefit from the generation of renewable energy. Learn more.
Renewable energy providers offset your electricity use with renewable energy credits — commonly generated through wind and solar energy installations.
Please note that effective December 2021, the Princeton Community Renewable Energy program ended. To learn more, please visit the municipality’s information about the ending of the contract with Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.
If your municipality does not offer a community renewable energy aggregation program, please follow these steps to switch to a renewable energy provider:
When you flip the lights on, do you know where that electricity originates? A coal plant in Kentucky or West Virginia? A gas-fired turbine in Illinois or a nuclear plant in New Jersey? A wind turbine in Pennsylvania? The answer is all of those and more.
The electricity provided through your outlets is actually a mixture of electrons from a variety of sources. New Jersey is a part of the PJM regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, from New Jersey to Illinois and south to Kentucky and Virginia.
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