New Jersey solar in numbers, 2024
Every figure below is computed by us from the Form EIA-861 annual files. Ranks are out of 51 jurisdictions, highest first.
| Measure | New Jersey | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Households with a metered rooftop system199,822 systems across 3,735,638 residential accounts | 5.35% | 11th of 51 |
| Average system sizeNational average 6.74 kW | 6.91 kW | 36th of 51 |
| Residential priceDerived average across the state, not a tariff | 19.34¢/kWh | 11th of 51 |
| Consumption per accountWhat a system here is typically sized against | 7,949 kWh/yr | 38th of 51 |
| Systems with a battery1,605 paired systems | 0.80% | 30th of 51 |
| Third-party ownedLeased or under a power purchase agreement | 51.4% | 4th of 51 |
| Five-year growth17,401 systems added in 2024 | 11.9%/yr | 47th of 51 |
| Installed capacityResidential net-metered capacity | 1,380.7 MW | — |
What the adoption figure means
A mature market by national standards, which usually means several credible installers to compare and a permitting process that is not learning on your job.
Residential electricity in New Jersey averaged 19.34¢ per kilowatt-hour in 2024, 11th of 51 and above the national average of 16.48¢. Electricity here is dear by national standards, so self-consumption carries more value than it does in most of the country. Prices and adoption across all 51.
System size and consumption
The average New Jersey system was 6.91 kW in 2024, ranking 36th of 51. Households consumed an average of 7,949 kilowatt-hours a year (38th of 51) — the figure a system here is sized against.
Size your own system from your own kilowatt-hours, not from this average — how to do that.
Who owns the systems
51.4% of New Jersey systems were third-party owned in 2024 — leased or under a power purchase agreement rather than owned by the householder. That is 4th of 51.
Leases and power purchase agreements are the default way solar is sold here. Read any agreement closely before assuming you will own what goes on your roof. Who claims the federal credit · ownership across all 51.
Battery attachment
0.80% of New Jersey solar systems were paired with a battery in 2024, 30th of 51 — 1,605 paired systems.
Attachment is around the middle — storage is a live option here rather than a default. Attachment across all 51 · does a battery belong in your project.
Where the market is going
New Jersey added 17,401 systems in 2024 and has grown at 11.9% a year over five years, 47th of 51. Where growth has turned.
Solar companies and licensing in New Jersey
We checked 56 New Jersey solar companies against the state licence register. 16.1% did not hold a current licence at the time of checking — 9 expired.
How to verify a licence before you sign.
Method
Figures are computed by HyreSolar from the Form EIA-861 2024 annual files — net-metered residential systems only, penetration counted against residential accounts, sizes as means. EIA publishes the inputs, not these ratios. Full methodology and the underlying CSV.
None of these figures is an estimate for your property. What to work through before you talk to anyone.
Common questions
How many homes in New Jersey have solar?
199,822 residential net-metered systems were recorded in New Jersey in 2024, against 3,735,638 residential electricity accounts — 5.35% of households, 11th of 51 jurisdictions. That is a HyreSolar calculation from Form EIA-861.
What size solar system is typical in New Jersey?
The average net-metered residential system in New Jersey was 6.91 kW in 2024, against a national average of 6.74 kW. Your own system should be sized from twelve months of your kilowatt-hours and your usable roof, not from a state average.
Do people in New Jersey add batteries to solar?
0.80% of New Jersey systems were paired with storage in 2024, 30th of 51. Battery attachment tracks outage frequency and export rules more than it tracks sunshine.
Is New Jersey a good state for solar?
On the measures we can compute: residential electricity averages 19.34¢/kWh (11th of 51), households use 7,949 kWh a year (38th of 51), and 5.35% have installed a system (11th of 51). Retail price and export rules move the answer far more than sunshine does, and both are set by your specific utility rather than by the state.
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861, 2024 final release, retrieved 2 September 2026. Figures marked as a HyreSolar calculation are derived by us and are not official EIA statistics.