This bill mandates the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to prohibit the collection of community solar subscription fees through electric public utility bills. It requires each electric public utility to create and implement a method to remove these fees from the bills of community solar subscribers. Currently, these subscription fees are included in the consolidated bills along with applicable bill credits, which the bill seeks to change.
The bill also provides definitions for key terms such as "solar subscription fee," which refers to any fee or charge paid to a subscriber organization included in a subscriber's bill, and "subscriber organization," which is an entity registered with the board that manages or acquires subscribers for community solar projects. The Board is tasked with adopting necessary rules and regulations to implement this prohibition, and the act is set to take effect immediately upon passage.