Public Solar Facilities of New Jersey, Edition 20230524 (Util_solar_public)

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Applied Energy Group (AEG) & New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU)

Publication_Date: 20230524

Title:

Public Solar Facilities of New Jersey, Edition 20230524 (Util_solar_public)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Trenton, NJ

Publisher: NJDEP

Description:

Abstract:

The data contained in this layer identifies all public solar installations in the State, as reported by the NJBPU and their Energy Market Managers, AEG as of 20160826. Public facilities include: Government Facilities, Public Schools, Public Colleges/Universities, and other public school facilities.

Purpose:

The purpose of this dataset is to identify solar PV installations at public facilities in New Jersey.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160826

Currentness_Reference: Data obtained from AEG & NJBPU on 20160826

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.542576

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.926621

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.230956

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.926452

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Solar

Theme_Keyword: Facilities

Theme_Keyword: Public Solar Facilities

Theme_Keyword: NJDEP

Theme_Keyword: BPU

Theme_Keyword: AEG

Theme_Keyword: NJDEPTrentonMetadata

Theme_Keyword: New Jersey

Theme_Keyword: Util_solar_public

Theme_Keyword: NJDEP Bureau of Energy & Sustainability

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: utilitiesCommunication

Access_Constraints:

In most cases, a downloadable shapefile (.zip) version of this layer is also available. Information to download the shapefile can be found in the Distribution Section of this metadata record. This data layer is shown in the NJDEP's NJ-GeoWeb mapping application accessible through the Online Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/geowebsplash.htm

Use_Constraints:

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Data Distribution Agreement. The data provided herein are distributed subject to the following conditions and restrictions: NJDEP assumes no responsibility to maintain them in any manner or form and disclaims any duty or obligation to either maintain availability of or to update the data. Terms of Agreement 1. All data is provided, as is, without any representation or warranty of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory including, but not limited to, the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability or fitness for a particular use, freedom from computer virus nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the digital data layers furnished hereunder. User is responsible for understanding the accuracy limitations of all digital data layers provided herein, as documented in the accompanying cross-reference files (see SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION). Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact. 2. Digital data received from the NJDEP may not be reproduced or redistributed without all the metadata provided. 3. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize this digital data will credit the NJDEP's Geographic Information System (GIS) as the source of the data with the following credit/disclaimer: 'This (map/publication/report) was developed using New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by NJDEP and is not state-authorized or endorsed.' 4. NJDEP makes no warranty that digital data are free of Copyright or Trademark claims or other restrictions or limitations on free use or display. Making a copy of this data may be subject to the copyright of trademark laws.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NJDEP Bureau of Energy & Sustainability

Contact_Person: Ryan Gergely

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 401 East State Street

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08625

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (609) 292-8848

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ryan.gergely@dep.nj.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: Normalized data for consistency.

Completeness_Report:

Some entries in the source spreadsheet from AEG/BPU were not “public facilities” (businesses, churches. etc.) and were therefore omitted from this dataset.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU)

Publication_Date: 20160816

Title: Public Solar Facilities

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: 44 S. Clinton Ave, Trenton, NJ 08625

Publisher: New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU)

Online_Linkage: https://www.bpu.state.nj.us

Source_Scale_Denominator: 0

Type_of_Source_Media: onLine

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20160816

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AFVFS

Source_Contribution:

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) provided all of the data found in this GIS dataset.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data obtained from NJBPU & AEG on 20160826 in spreadsheet fromat. Public locations were identified and categorized as either "Government Facility", "School Public K-12", "College/University", or "Other School Facility". Addresses were geocoded and then visually checked for accuracy in order to determine coordinate values to map. Company Names and other values were normalized for quality and consistency.

Process_Date: 20160826

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NJDEP Bureau of Energy and Sustainability

Contact_Person: Ryan Gergely

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 401 East State Street

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08625

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (609) 292-8848

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ryan.gergely@dep.nj.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1299

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000007285705372339636

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000007285705372339636

Planar_Distance_Units: foot_us

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983

State_Plane_Coordinate_System:

SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 2900

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Util_solar_public

Entity_Type_Definition: Public Solar Facilities

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NJDEP/NJBPU/AEG

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AcctNumber

Attribute_Definition: Account Number from BPU Application

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJBPU/AEG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique Account Number

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Status_Date

Attribute_Definition: Date from NJBPU/AEG

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJBPU/AEG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique date from NJBPU/AEG

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CompanyName (Alias: Customer)

Attribute_Definition: Company name from solar application

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJBPU/AEG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique company name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: System_Size

Attribute_Definition: System size from solar application

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJBPU/AEG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique system size

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CustomerType

Attribute_Definition: Customer Type of public facilities from categories

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJDEP

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: College/University

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: College/Universities

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NJDEP

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Government Facility

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Government Facilities (Municipal/State, Fire/Police, etc.)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NJDEP

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Other School Facility

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other School Facilities (BoE Buildings, etc.)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NJDEP

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: School Public K-12

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Public Schools (Elementary, Middle, High Schools)

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NJDEP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: InstallationAddress

Attribute_Definition: Installation address from solar application

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJBPU/AEG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique installation address

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: InstallationCity

Attribute_Definition: Installation city from solar application

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJBPU/AEG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique installation city

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: InstallationZip

Attribute_Definition: Installation zip from solar application

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJBPU/AEG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique installation zip code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: InstallerName

Attribute_Definition: Installer name from solar application

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJBPU/AEG

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique installer name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Lat

Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinates

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJDEP

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Geocoded coordinates

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Long

Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinates

Attribute_Definition_Source: NJDEP

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Geocoded coordinates

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NJDEP/DOIT/BGIS

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 401 East State Street

Address: PO Box 420

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08625

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (609) 777-0672

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (609) 292-7900

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gisnet@dep.nj.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability: See "Use Constraints"

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name:

DEP distributes ESRI .SHP and/or GDB. Some data may be NJ GeoWeb "display only" layers.

Format_Version_Number: 9x/10x

Format_Specification: NJDEP NJ GeoWeb online mapping application

File_Decompression_Technique: zip

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/geowebsplash.htm

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis

Fees: none

Ordering_Instructions: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20230524

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NJDEP

Contact_Person: Ryan Gergely

Contact_Position: Research Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: physical

Address: 401 E State St

City: Trenton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08625

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 609-292-8848

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ryan.gergely@dep.nj.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time