How S 3939 changes current law

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This bill amends 2 section(s) of the New Jersey statutes: N.J.S.A. 48:3-87.11; N.J.S.A. 48:3-87.13.

• N.J.S.A. 48:3-87.11

  and ⟦INS⟧or agrivoltaics solar facilities"⟦/INS⟧ ⟦INS⟧energy generation facilities that produce electric power from solar photovoltaic panels located on unpreserved farmland in agricultural or horticultural production that ensures the continued simultaneous use of the land below and adjacent to the panels for agricultural or horticultural production⟦/INS⟧ ⟦INS⟧or agrivoltaics solar facilities⟦/INS⟧ s.5 → ; and (18) notwithstanding subsection d. of this section and paragraph (10) of this subsection, after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) allow the participation of dual-use solar energy projects with a maximum capacity of five megawatts that are approved by the board as part of the dual-use solar energy pilot program or the successor dual-use solar energy permanent program established by the board pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2021, c.170 (C.48:3-87.13), provided that the board may specify certain categories or types of dual-use solar energy projects that are not eligible for participation in the community solar energy program (1) Only dual-use solar energy projects that apply after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) for participation in the dual-use solar energy pilot program or a successor dual-use solar energy permanent program established by the board pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2021, c.170 (C.48:3-87.13) and are approved to participate in either program shall be eligible to participate in the permanent community solar energy program. (2) A dual-use solar energy project participating in the community solar energy program shall be required to comply with all requirements of both the applicable dual-use solar energy program and the community solar energy program that are in effect at the time of the dual-use solar energy project's registration in the respective programs. h. The board may, in its discretion, establish different incentive levels within the community solar energy program for different categories of solar energy projects based on project characteristics including, but not limited to, the project size and the pre-existing land use and land cover of the property on which the solar energy project is sited. i. "Dual-use or agrivoltaics solar facilities" solar energy project" means energy generation facilities that produce electric power from solar photovoltaic panels located on unpreserved farmland in agricultural or horticultural production that ensures the continued simultaneous use of the land below and adjacent to the panels for agricultural or horticultural production the same as that term is defined in section 1 of P.L.2021, c.170 (C.48:3-87.13) . h. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, a dual-use or agrivoltaics solar facilities solar energy project shall be eligible for participation in the community solar energy program and shall be admitted, upon registration, into the community solar market segment of the small solar facilities incentive program established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2021, c.169 (C.48:3-116). s.1

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• N.J.S.A. 48:3-87.13

  annual a annual limit and 2. → pilot program application period , which financial incentives may be designed to stack with any incentives available in the board's other solar energy programs, provided that any financial incentives designed to stack are set at a level that takes into account both the additional costs associated with being a dual-use solar energy project and all the revenue streams available to the dual-use solar energy project in the board's other solar energy programs limits to be set on an annual or other periodic basis ; and (8) an incentive structure designed to support the development of dual-use solar energy projects in New Jersey, taking into account the benefits and costs to ratepayers and the State's electric transmission and distribution system, and the costs and revenue streams associated with different project types 3.

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