Reminders
Reminders for solar owners
A yearly nudge to check your system, and the solar deadlines coming up. Add them to your own calendar: the file goes straight from this site to your calendar app, and we never learn who added it.
Add to your calendar
Every spring: check your system
The first Saturday of April, each year, with links to the system check and the production guarantee check.
Upcoming solar deadlines
5 dates from now to April 1, 2028: the rule changes and credit deadlines still ahead.
Opening the file adds the events in Apple Calendar or Outlook. In Google Calendar, use Settings, then Import. To stop a reminder, delete the event.
The deadlines in the file
From what changed for solar in 2026, where each has its source.
- January 1, 2027: Plug-in solar becomes legal in Virginia, New Hampshire and California. Colorado landlords and HOAs can no longer unreasonably ban kits.
- March 1, 2027: New Jersey's plug-in solar law takes effect.
- July 1, 2027: Maryland must have its new net metering program in place, expected to pay less for exported power.
- December 31, 2027: Leased and PPA systems that didn't begin construction by July 4, 2026 must be in service by this date for the business credit. Expect "sign before the deadline" sales pressure, and lease prices may rise afterward.
- April 1, 2028: Connecticut's replacement net metering program must be finalized (by April 2028).