Innovative Vascular Health Group in Hazlet, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2015. The array was producing by the end of February, 27 all-black Hanwha 260 watt panels on Enphase M215 microinverters mounted with S-5! clamps. Those clamps grip a standing-seam metal roof directly, so the panels go on without a single penetration through the roof surface. At 7.02 kW it was designed for about 8,584 kWh a year. Hazlet is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Hazlet, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- December 2015
- Panels
- Hyundai Model # HIS-S260BK
- Panels
- 27
- System size
- 7.02 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase M215-60-2LL-S22-IG Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- S-5!
- Estimated first-year production
- 8,584 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 97%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Hazlet homeowners
Does Hazlet decide whether the installation is code-compliant?
The municipal construction department reviews and inspects the work under the Uniform Construction Code, but the substantive electrical requirements come from the statewide Electrical Subcode rather than from local preference. Municipalities may also administer zoning requirements where those apply.
Does solar eliminate the electric bill completely?
Not necessarily. Solar can offset most or all of a year's energy use, and the utility can still bill customer charges, meter charges, non-bypassable charges, taxes and any net electricity purchased. What appears on the bill depends on the utility and the tariff.
Can New Jersey change its net-metering rules?
Yes. Energy statutes, Board of Public Utilities regulations and utility tariffs can all change. A proposal should describe the rules as they currently stand rather than guarantee that they will hold for decades.