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UI RRES Solar Guide for New Haven

By Solar Panels New Haven Team

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Residential Renewable Energy Solutions (RRES) is Connecticut's residential solar tariff program. PURA says it launched in January 2022, replacing legacy net metering and the Residential Solar Incentive Program (RSIP). It compensates eligible solar generation through utility tariffs. PURA: RRES overview.

UI lists New Haven in its service area. Check the distribution utility on your bill first: RRES is administered by the electric distribution companies in their respective territories. A UI-served address uses UI's process; an Eversource-served address uses Eversource's process, linked from PURA's program page. UI: service area; PURA: program administration; PURA: RRES overview.

Buy-All and Netting

With UI's Buy-All option, solar generation goes to the grid instead of first supplying the home; household electricity is purchased from UI. With Netting, solar supplies the home first and excess goes to the grid. UI applies netting credits to the bill, with unused credits carried forward. UI: residential solar incentives.

Buy-All and Netting electricity pathsBuy-All exports solar generation to the grid and the home purchases electricity from UI. Netting supplies the home with solar first and exports the excess; the home also draws electricity from the grid when needed. Compensation recipients depend on tariff and beneficiary arrangements.Buy-AllSolarGrid / UIHomeAll generation exportedHome buys from UINettingSolarHome firstGrid / UIExport excess; draw from UI when neededAsk who receives each credit or payment.
A conceptual energy-flow comparison, not a wiring diagram or an estimate of compensation.

The diagram summarizes UI's two electricity paths; it does not show a meter installation design. UI: residential solar incentives.

Who applies, and what you provide

The installer or authorized agent applies for system owners and customers through UI's PowerClerk process. UI reviews the incentive and interconnection applications together. Its checklist includes a signed interconnection application, property-type documentation and assessment documentation as applicable. Have the installer identify the current attachments for your project. UI: residential interconnection and forms.

UI separates the Direct Ownership Customer Disclosure from the Third-Party Ownership Customer Disclosure. Use the form for the proposed owner. Review the named customer, system owner, installer, tariff selection and all signature fields with the installer before signing; request a complete copy for your records. UI: residential interconnection and forms; UI: direct-ownership disclosure; UI: third-party-ownership disclosure.

Ask the installer which documents you must sign personally, which they submit as your agent, and whether any owner, account-holder or property detail needs correcting. Do not sign incomplete forms. The current utility forms, rather than this checklist, determine the required information. UI: residential interconnection and forms; UI: direct-ownership disclosure; UI: third-party-ownership disclosure.

Ownership and compensation recipients

Ownership and payment designation are separate questions. For Buy-All, UI says a designated payment beneficiary cannot be the customer of record; without one, compensation goes to that customer's bill. Under Netting, a REC payment beneficiary may be the customer or a third party. Ask who receives each benefit under your proposed arrangement. UI: tariff payment beneficiary instructions.

For a purchase, loan, lease or power purchase agreement, ask the provider to identify the equipment owner and each compensation recipient in writing. Compare that answer with the disclosure and beneficiary selections. Do not assume that having panels on your roof makes you the recipient of every payment. UI: direct-ownership disclosure; UI: third-party-ownership disclosure; UI: residential interconnection and forms.

Batteries alongside RRES

UI explicitly says systems with battery storage are eligible for RRES. That does not establish approval for a particular battery or design. Review Energy Storage Solutions and our battery incentive overview; ask UI and the storage program administrator to confirm the equipment, wiring, enrollment and operating requirements for your project. UI: residential solar incentives; Energy Storage Solutions.

Your installer proposal checklist

Use these questions to compare written answers before making a decision. The utility's application and disclosure requirements are the starting point. UI: residential interconnection and forms; UI: direct-ownership disclosure; UI: third-party-ownership disclosure.

Keep utility authorization separate from City permits and inspections. Our New Haven permitting and interconnection sequence explains what to confirm with each organization. New Haven: Building Department responsibilities; UI: residential solar incentives.