Selling SRECs from a system outside Pennsylvania
If your solar system is in Delaware, Ohio or West Virginia, it can still earn SRECs (Solar Renewable Energy Certificates — the certificates your system earns for the clean power it produces). Those systems register through a Pennsylvania program that accepts out-of-state systems.
Two states work differently:
North Carolina — only systems served by Dominion Energy can register through the Pennsylvania program. Systems on any other North Carolina utility are not currently eligible.
Virginia — Virginia has its own SREC market, and Virginia systems earn SRECs there. Some Virginia systems are also registered into the Pennsylvania program, but not all are, so we'll tell you what applies to yours.
When your SRECs start counting, for a system registered through Pennsylvania
A Delaware, North Carolina, Ohio or West Virginia system registered through Pennsylvania only begins earning certified SRECs - the ones that can actually be sold - from the month it is registered for SRECs with Pennsylvania. Production from before that month doesn't produce sellable SRECs.
This is why getting your documents to us early matters: every month of delay is a month of SRECs you can't sell.
If your system has battery backup
For a battery-backup system registering through the Pennsylvania program, we need your electric schematic — the one-line or three-line diagram from your system's design drawings. We don't need the full plan set. Your installer will have it.
Do you need a revenue grade meter for a system outside Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania does not require a revenue-grade meter (a meter accurate enough for its production readings to be used to sell SRECs). That applies to out-of-state systems that are registering through the Pennsylvania program.