Daryl from Monroe Township, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since March of 2026. The array went up in May: 16 Qcells 430-watt panels making 6.88 kW, each with its own Enphase microinverter, estimated to produce 8,411 kWh in the first year. It is leased rather than owned, which puts the electricity at 13.3 cents per kWh against the 22.5 cents JCP&L was charging at the time of the install. The lease has no annual escalator, so that 13.3 cents is fixed for the full 25 years while the utility rate keeps moving; it has been rising around 3 percent a year. On that basis the projected saving averages about 122 dollars a month over the term, and the gap widens rather than narrows as the years go on, because one side of the comparison cannot change.
Project Facts
- Location
- Monroe Township, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- March 2026
- Panels
- Qcells Model # Q.TRON BLK M-G2+ 430 Watts
- Panels
- 16
- System size
- 6.88 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase IQ8HC-72-M-DOM-US
- Mounting system
- Pegasus
- Estimated first-year production
- 8,411 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 100%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Monroe Township homeowners
Does a solar installation need permits in Monroe Township?
Yes. A permanently installed photovoltaic system normally requires construction permits under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code. A residential project commonly involves electrical review, building and structural review, fire-access considerations and municipal inspections.
What is Permission to Operate?
It is the utility's authorisation for the finished system to run in parallel with the grid. Completing the installation does not by itself mean the system can be switched on: the utility generally requires the interconnection documentation, the inspections, the metering and the final approvals to be in place first.
What is a microinverter and why use one per panel?
A microinverter is a small inverter installed at or near an individual module, so each panel converts on its own channel. That gives module-level visibility and limits the effect one underperforming panel has on the others around it.