I can only speak for my local area. Tinton Falls, Shrewsbury, and the North side of Middletown are nice and more affordable than other towns in the area. I’ve rented in Matawan/Aberdeen and the rents were the best for what I wanted.

That’s a good suggestion following 35 and 36

I’d Zillow rentals up and down highway 35 and 36. Traffic is inevitable but I’m on the bayshore off 36 in Monmouth and it’s manageable in the summer. Stay away from eatontown traffic. Not a fan of ocean county but it’s affordable, same as parts of west Monmouth but too rural for my taste.

Neptune is fine. There are apartments in or nearby, but I don't know anything about them.

I've lived in both and I feel the quality of life in Monmouth is better. Better parks. Better shopping. Better living accommodations. Based on your commute you could end up in some bigoted communities in OC. If that's not really a concern for you, OC would be more affordable. Sounds like shitty advice, but based on my experience it's pretty accurate.

I suggest looking at anything in Ocean Township, Eatontown, or Tinton Falls. They should have a nice selection of apartment complexes that could fit your requirements.

Fair warning- both Monmouth and Ocean counties have areas that are damn near impossible in the summer time. Monmouth generally is easier because there’s no barrier island traffic that makes the main roads bottleneck. Monmouth, in my opinion, has an immaculate selection of parks and trails.

Year-round, Ocean county is a less friendly place in general.

As I've said in another post, careful with 0% financing. Always get the all in cash price too. Might make sense to seek a loan elsewhere instead of these solar loan companies.

Trinity Solar is one of largest in NJ and we were happy with them. They focus on homeowner owned system with 0% down financing.

Many solar companies will install and provide a loan with 0% down for full cost of panels and not start billing until you get approval to connect to grid - I got a 2% interest rate in mid-2022.

Long story is utility companies complain they are losing money. So before I got the COO on the renovation. My electric bill was actually negative because I was not consuming anything. But since we moved in that changed. From what I read, The consumption fee is because I am still pulling from the grid and consuming electricity during off hours ( night). I am not storing everything to a battery. So even though I produce more than I consume, they want a transaction fee for it. I might be wrong here and could look it up again. But that was what I found out when I looked into it last time.

Also, we can't guarantee that it will always be negative. It depends on the weather and usage. So far I have only had 1 month where I actually consumed more than I produced. So it is possible not to produce enough and why they handle it on a yearly basis and not a per monthly basis ( monthly rollover).

> Each month my electric bill is $3.25 for the consumption fee since I produce more than I consume

If you’re producing more than you consume shouldn’t your consumption fee be $0, if not negative (money coming to you)?

it's kinda bullshit thay I can't use it to make money. if I could sell back all my energy they I think we should be able to switch over faster but they keep making it less and less profitable for anyone but the power companies

Same, I don't use enough electricity to not be in the red in the end. And I don't qualify for any rebate because of my usage also.

Of course. Another idea is to look into financing them if that is possible or just get a small system installed and add panels to it over time.

Awesome, thanks!

It’s rounded a bit…rough as I said. $58.52 saving in January. I also rounded down my production from 209. We used 49kwh this month. and were charged 7.17 for delivery and 6.60 for supply. It’s about $0.28 combined.

Are we getting screwed more than most of NJ? They sent a letter in January that they were decreasing the price, but i haven’t compared.

If you don’t mind me asking, what company did you get the quote from? I get a lot of people saying the companies they dealt with gave “shady” feeling quotes.

Your math doesn't add up from my experience. I know electricity prices are regional, but as far as I know when you add supply and delivery, most of NJ is $.18/kWh. So 200kWh would be a savings of $36 not $60.

It’s near NYC and Philly. Take an edible and take a tour of a city

All good. Makes sense. I have a feeling that most take the no cost option but the fees/interest is really baked into the price when you see the differences.

In my case, the financed quotes were almost 20% more than paying cash, but the problem is that they are under the guise of a "0% loan". It's so shady.

In my state there’s federal and state incentives so the majority take the no cost option. I do get a few people a week saying they want to buy them or they’ve tried to buy them though. My apologies for no numbers though, it’s a private company so I’d have to like email my CEO lol and that would just get lost in his spam

Wheaton Glass is fun to tour. There's Batsto Village, too.

See my other post. I am in the area, central. I went with SolarMe and they were from Asbury Park. But work all over the area.

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Jumping on to this to say my first full year of having panels, I paid $50 for electric on top of the fee, so about $100 total for the year. Down from more $500-600/month in the summer and probably $100ish minthly the rest of the year. My backyard is south facing and I have no large trees so the panels get full sun.