1. Solar PV Implementing Solar Farms on Landfills and Brownfields

2. New Jersey Policy New Jersey Energy Master Plan (http://nj.gov/emp/)
Supports solar renewable energy to help reduce peak demands
Brownfields and landfills are ideal candidates

3. Wallisch Property

4. Board of Education

5. Landfill

6. Upper Greenwood Lake School

7. Project Details Municipality to Install, own and operate solar farm
Solar Farm to be grid connected
Solar farm generation to be sold into wholesale market and revenues credited back to municipality/BOE
Revenue from sale of SREC’s
Tax credits normally sold to offset cost by investor

8. Site Selection Landfills- closed and capped Settled Solid waste site
Level and minimally shaded area with southern exposure
Approx. 4-6 acres per MW
Nearby access to utility interconnection
Environmental approvals/concerns
Run preliminary project economics for viability

9. Approvals
Application to and certification of site by Board of Public Utilities
Permit Readiness Checklist – NJDEP Office of Permit Coordination and Environmental Review
Landfill Disruption Approval - N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.8(j)
Landfill Closure Plan Minor Modification to a Solid Waste Facility Permit
Site Remediation Program Process (Building on Landfills – N.J.A.C. 7:26C & E)
* Source: Tamara Linde VP Regulatory – PSEG March 21, 2014

10. Approvals
Construction (Closure activities, Soil Erosion Sediment Control, and installation of solar panels, etc.)
Post–Closure Submissions
Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approvals (Township & County)
Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Construction Permits

11. Final Steps
Selection of an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contractor and appropriate EPC contracts
Oversight of solar installation
Commissioning
SREC registration approval
Sale of output to utility
Responsible for all construction/permitting

12. Energy Savings Improvement Program (ESIP)
Source NJ BPU Mike Thulen presentation at NJ state league of municipalities 2016