Atlantic City Electric
South Jersey, including Atlantic City, Vineland and Cape May. An Exelon utility serving the southern counties.
- Type
- Investor owned
- Accounts
- 560K
What they credit you
Full retail rate, one for one
Set by state ruleExports are credited at the full retail rate and roll forward month to month. At the annual true up, anything left is bought at the avoided cost rate rather than retail.
- Month to month
- Month to month at the full retail rate.
- Once a year
- Annual, at avoided cost.
Set by undefined · checked 2026-09-05 · source
What your installer should be telling you
Size the system against your own annual usage. Everything above it is settled at wholesale once a year, and the Board is studying a successor structure that has not been enacted.
ACE is investor owned, so N.J.S.A. 48:3-87 applies and these terms are set by the state rather than by a board that can revise them. That is the strongest position a homeowner can be in on net metering.
Applying to ACE
What ACE itself requires, as distinct from what the state rule requires. Read from its own published guidelines on the date shown.
- One for one, at retail, month to month
- Exported kilowatt hours offset consumption at the full retail rate, and any surplus rolls forward to the next month rather than being cashed out immediately.
- The annual true up is where the value drops
- Whatever credit is left at the annual true up is paid at the avoided cost rate, a wholesale figure. Credits are worth retail while you can use them and wholesale once you cannot, which is the whole argument for sizing to your own usage.
- There is a statewide trigger, and it is discretionary
- N.J.S.A. 48:3-87 lets the Board of Public Utilities authorise suppliers to stop offering net metering to new customers once statewide net metered capacity reaches 5.8% of total annual kilowatt hours sold. The Board may act at that point; it is not required to.
- A successor is being studied, and nothing is enacted
- The Board has been examining a successor structure including value of solar export rates, possible grid access charges and storage. As of now the current one for one crediting is unchanged. Ask what your contract says happens if it changes.
- The statutory ceiling is 5 MW, so it is not your constraint
- For a house the binding limits are roof area, your own annual usage, and the wholesale price of anything beyond it.
From ACE’s published guidelines · checked 2026-09-05 · source
ACE net metering questions
- Does ACE offer one for one net metering?
- Yes. Exports are credited at the full retail rate and roll forward month to month. At the annual true up, anything left is bought at the avoided cost rate rather than retail. Month to month at the full retail rate.
- What does ACE pay for power sent back to the grid?
- Full retail rate, one for one. Annual, at avoided cost.
- Do I need a battery with ACE?
- Not for the economics. ACE credits exports at the retail rate, so power you send out during the day comes back at the same value after dark without storage. A battery is still worth considering for outages during hurricane season, but it is an upgrade here rather than a requirement.
- How do I find my ACE bill?
- Sign in at atlanticcityelectric.com. Open My Account, then Billing. Open the latest bill and save the PDF. Or screenshot the summary page. If you cannot get to it, a rough guess at your average monthly amount is enough to start.
- What is the catch with ACE?
- Size the system against your own annual usage. Everything above it is settled at wholesale once a year, and the Board is studying a successor structure that has not been enacted.
Installers serving ACE customers
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These are real companies operating in ACE territory, ordered by reviews, years trading and BBB grade. None of them pays us for placement. Pick the one you want and we will call you to arrange it.
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