What RRES replaced
Residential Renewable Energy Solutions provides tariffs that compensate residential solar generation. PURA says the program began in January 2022, replacing legacy net metering and the Residential Solar Investment Program (RSIP). UI and Eversource administer it; use the utility serving your installation address. Bridgeport is in UI's published service territory.Source: PURA: Residential Renewable Energy Solutions · UI: service territory
Buy-All and Netting
Buy-All exports system production to the grid rather than serving the home first; the home continues buying electricity from UI. Compensation can be allocated between on-bill credits and direct payments to a designated beneficiary. The beneficiary for Buy-All direct payments cannot be the electricity account holder.Source: UI: residential solar tariffs and approval sequence · UI RRES Program Manual, version 2026.1
Netting serves the home first and exports excess production. UI nets monthly imports and exports and applies eligible excess-generation credits to the bill. Credits can carry forward. Ask UI and the installer to explain the current tariff's adjustments and credit treatment before relying on a proposal's bill projection.Source: UI: residential solar tariffs and approval sequence · UI RRES Program Manual, version 2026.1
Application and homeowner documents
The manual identifies the installer as applying for the system owner and customer of record. UI uses PowerClerk for the combined interconnection and incentive application. Ask for the application reference and a copy of everything submitted on your behalf.Source: UI RRES Program Manual, version 2026.1 · UI: RRES interconnection and application forms
The manual requires a completed disclosure signed by the applicable parties; the customer signs before entering the solar contract. Direct Ownership applies when the account holder also owns the system; Third-Party Ownership applies when they differ. Ask the installer to show which form matches your proposed ownership.Source: UI RRES Program Manual, version 2026.1
UI lists a signed interconnection application, property-type evidence and energy-assessment documentation where applicable. Ask your installer which records you must provide for your circumstances and which technical attachments it prepares. Review the current form checklist together; a request for quotes on this site is not an RRES application.Source: UI: RRES interconnection and application forms · UI RRES Program Manual, version 2026.1
Who receives the compensation?
System ownership and the named payment beneficiary are separate roles. Under the manual, the owner designates a direct-payment beneficiary: for Netting this may be the owner, account holder or another party; Buy-All excludes the account holder. Ownership alone therefore does not tell you where every payment goes.Source: UI RRES Program Manual, version 2026.1
UI says Buy-All compensation goes entirely to on-bill credits if no beneficiary is designated. Under Netting, exported-energy credits belong on the account, while a designated beneficiary can receive applicable REC payments. Ask how your contract and beneficiary forms allocate each benefit, especially with third-party ownership.Source: UI: RRES interconnection and application forms
Adding battery storage
UI expressly says RRES systems with battery storage are eligible. Energy Storage Solutions is a separate storage program for UI and Eversource customers. Ask an eligible contractor and UI to confirm your proposed equipment, metering, operating configuration and enrollment requirements; compatibility is not approval of a particular design.Source: UI: residential solar tariffs and approval sequence · Energy Storage Solutions
Read the battery storage section of our Connecticut incentives guide and the Energy Storage Solutions program information.
Ask each installer to include these answers
- Tariff choice: Are you proposing Buy-All or Netting, and why does it fit this project? Which current tariff provisions and adjustments did you use?
- Ownership: Who owns the equipment, and which disclosure form reflects that arrangement? What changes if I sell the home or end the agreement?
- Compensation: Who receives the bill credits and any direct payments? Where are the beneficiary designation and allocation recorded?
- Interconnection: Who files the application, responds to UI, coordinates metering and obtains written approval to energize?
- Homeowner documents: What must I sign or supply, and when will I receive a complete copy?
- Storage: Does the proposed battery configuration meet UI and Energy Storage Solutions requirements? Who confirms that before installation?
Continue with Bridgeport solar permitting and installation steps or Connecticut solar tax and incentive guidance.