The Solar Incentives NJ Program Administrator identified a significant number of eligible solar facilities that would be impacted by an annual deadline to receive payment for past solar production. This year, the certificates associated with solar production in Energy Year 2025 (EY25) from June 2024 to May 2025 are set to expire on September 1, 2026.

To assist participants with the registration process, the original NJCEP Certification Letter with all Steps to Register for Payments was reissued on December 10, 2025 as well as May 18, 2026. The next email notice from the Solar Incentives NJ Program Administrator addressing this was sent to system owners on June 29, 2026 then followed by another notice on July 22, 2026, and a final notice was sent on August 6, 2026.

If a system owner had already registered at https://solarincentivesnj.com/ but received these email notices, system owners or their REC aggregator may need to submit a new meter reading to GATS or transfer previously created certificates to the program.

If a participant had been reporting meter readings at https://www.pjm-eis.com/ regularly, there may be unprocessed generation on hold so please contact the GATS admin staff directly to release this by phone at 1-877-750-4287 or via email at [email protected]. 

Announcement Details

Per the Board Rules and Orders establishing the Transition Renewable Energy Certificate (TREC) and Solar Successor Incentive Program’s Administratively Determined Incentive (ADI) programs, an NJ TREC or SREC-II certificate can only be redeemed in the PJM Generation Attribute Tracking System (GATS) the Energy Year in which the electricity was produced or in the following Energy Year.

System owners are required to have all solar production from June 2024 to May 2025 processed by September 1, 2026 in the PJM GATS.  This deadline enables the Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs) to meet their reporting deadline of October 15, 2026 with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) for all Energy Year 2025 (EY25) certificates being retired for Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Compliance purposes. 

EY25 certificates not invoiced to the EDCs by September 1, 2026, will lose their eligibility and instead be categorized as a New Jersey Class I REC.  NJ Class I RECs may still be sold but at a significantly reduced value compared to TRECs and SREC-IIs within this program.  

Additional Resources

If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact the Program Administrator by phone at (877) 754-3149 or via email at [email protected].