New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 76 - STATE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Subchapter 24 - SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION ON PRESERVED FARMS
Section 2:76-24.5 - Application for the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance of a solar energy facility

1. A copy of the recorded deed showing the current owner of record of the restricted premises;

2. A site plan;

3. Digital photographs showing the proposed installation site taken from various angles and distances to show the installation site and immediate surroundings;

4. A proposed or fully executed purchase or lease agreement for the solar energy facilities, structures, and equipment that clearly identifies that the owner of the qualified farm owns or will own the facilities, structures, and equipment by the end of the term of a lease agreement and the end date for that agreement;

5. For solar energy facilities that will provide power, documentation from the electric distribution company that the solar energy facilities are designed in accordance with net metering requirements pursuant to N.J.A.C. 14:8-4; documentation showing that the solar energy facilities will provide power directly to the farm outside of a meter; or documentation from PJM Interconnection, LLC or the EDC showing that the solar energy facilities will provide power directly to the electric distribution system;

6. A copy of the farm's electric utility bills, and/or copies of other bills, receipts, or other documentation demonstrating the amount of electricity or fuel used to meet the farm's energy demand for the previous calendar year; and

7. If the farm is located in the Pinelands Area, evidence that written confirmation has been requested from the Pinelands Commission that the solar energy facilities comply with the standards of P.L. 1979, c. 111 and the comprehensive management plan for the Pinelands Area adopted pursuant to P.L. 1979, c. 111.