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Third Solicitation Of CSI Program Deadline Extended
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“NJBPU” or “Board”) has extended the solicitation window for the third solicitation of the CSI Program to 11:59:59 PM EST on September 30, 2025. This extension is to provide applicants with time to consider Federal policy guidance as it is issued, and to submit bids informed by policies impacting solar and energy storage project planning.
The third solicitation of the CSI Program opened to prequalification applications on May 14, 2025. The competitive solicitation is open to all qualifying grid supply solar installations, eligible grid supply solar installations combined with energy storage, and non-residential net metered solar installations with a capacity greater than five (5) MW; projects are selected based on bid price alone.
Projects may submit competitive bids into five market segments or tranches:
Tranche 1: Basic Grid Supply Projects
Tranche 2: Grid Supply Projects on the Built Environment
Tranche 3: Grid Supply Projects on Contaminated Sites or Landfills
Tranche 4: Net Metered Non-Residential Projects Greater than 5 MW; and
Tranche 5: Energy Storage Paired with a Grid Supply Project
Interested parties may submit prequalification applications and bid at https://csisolar.nj.gov/
