How You Can Strengthen New Jersey’s Community Solar Program

Hey, New Jersey – there’s a brighter future within reach!

Community solar makes clean energy affordable and accessible for everyone. Instead of installing your own solar, you can subscribe to a local shared solar project – supporting clean energy and saving money on your electricity bill. This is especially important for low-wealth communities and communities of color — which would benefit greatly from the cost-savings and pollution reduction but for which rooftop solar can be inaccessible.

New Jersey's Community Solar Program is already a national leader in the fight to make clean energy equitable and accessible for all, but pending legislation would strengthen the program and make it easier for low-income subscribers to benefit from clean energy.

That bill, A4782/S3123, is waiting for a floor vote in the Assembly. It was passed out of the Environment and Solid Waste Committee in June but didn’t make it to the full floor before summer break.

Visit njshines.org/a4782 to tell your representatives you support equitable community solar.

Brought to you by Vote Solar Action Fund, a project of Tides Advocacy.