09/10/2026
⭕️ A new state law says a landlord or an association cannot block a plug in solar panel.
Governor Mikie Sherrill signed it on Tuesday, and it takes effect six months from now. Landlords, homeowner associations, housing cooperatives and similar entities can no longer stop a tenant or an owner from using a portable solar unit with a maximum output of 1,200 watts. Municipalities lose the same power: the law overrides local ordinances that blocked these units on residential property, and a town cannot require a license, an approval or a fee to install one. What stays is the conversation about placement. The association or the landlord still has to be notified, the resident gives 14 days' notice, a landlord may set conditions on where a unit sits and how large it is, and any of them may ask for a release of claims for injury or damage. The governor said at the signing that these cost a fraction of a rooftop system and can shave up to $50 off a typical monthly bill, which is her estimate rather than a measured South Jersey figure.
Reported by New Jersey Monitor.
Our take: portable units reach homes a rooftop system rarely fits: rentals, condos, roofs facing the wrong way. If you own a condo in South Jersey, a plug in panel becomes yours to add once the law takes effect, with notice to the board.
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