New Jersey just legalised cheap plug-in balcony solar panels
THE SO WHAT
Balcony solar going plug-and-play up to 1,200W with no local approvals is policy turning every apartment into a potential micro-generator—Germany’s 1.31M systems at 1.34GW shows the slope. Energy-exposed operators should treat these tenant rights as a real demand-side resource and start modeling their impact on load, tariffs, and grid constraints.
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