Chris from Wyckoff, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since 2012. He and Janice had a revenue-grade production meter fitted to their solar system, an Itron Centron digital unit on its own solar breaker in the main panel. It is a small job with a long tail: every SREC the array earns from that point on is calculated from what this meter records. Wyckoff is in Bergen County, at the northern end of where we travel.
Project Facts
- Location
- Wyckoff, NJ
- Service
- Solar Upgrades
- Client since
- 2012
Solar questions from Wyckoff homeowners
How is the number of panels for a Wyckoff 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.
Does solar add value to a home?
Owned solar can contribute value, though the effect depends on the property, the market, the age of the system, the electricity it displaces and how it is owned. An owned system is generally an asset associated with the property; a leased one is governed by a continuing contract, and the two should not be treated as the same thing.
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.