Dale from Toms River, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since October of 2022. The array was completed in January of 2023: 7.67 kW with an estimated 9,065 kilowatt hours in the first year. Toms River is the largest town in Ocean County and one of the sunniest parts of the state for an array of this size – the roof space is usually there, and the constraint is more often shading from mature trees than orientation. A system sized at under eight kilowatts is the common case rather than the exception: it covers a typical household’s usage without filling every available slope, which leaves room to expand later if a car or a heat pump changes the arithmetic.
Project Facts
- Location
- Toms River, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- October 2022
- Panels
- REC Model # REC-365NP2-Black
- Panels
- 21
- System size
- 7.67 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-US000NNC2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 9,065 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 98%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Toms River homeowners
How is the number of panels for a Toms River house decided?
It starts with the home's actual electricity use, then with how much usable roof or ground area there is. A proper design looks at twelve months of consumption, expected future use, roof orientation, shading, roof dimensions, code-required setbacks, module wattage and the limits the utility places on interconnection.
What does solar offset mean?
It compares the array's estimated annual production with the home's expected annual consumption. A house using 12,000 kWh a year with a system expected to generate 11,400 kWh has a 95 percent offset. It is an annual energy comparison, not a promise that solar supplies 95 percent of the electricity in any given hour.
Does the utility have to approve the system?
Yes. A grid-connected residential array must receive utility interconnection approval before it can legally operate in parallel with the distribution system. New Jersey's interconnection requirements and the utility's own procedures both govern it.