Legislative tracker
Check where balcony plug-in solar has a signed pathway, where bills are moving, where proposals stalled, and where no dedicated bill was identified. Enactment and permission to install a particular product are different questions.
Research snapshot: September 30, 2026. Not legal advice.
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Plug-in solar rules can depend on state law, local code, product listings, utility tariffs, interconnection forms, export limits, and landlord or HOA rules. Confirm with your utility and authority having jurisdiction before buying grid-connected equipment.
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Green means enacted, including laws with future effective dates. Yellow means pending; blue-gray means stalled or a next-session watch item. None of these colors approves an installation.
Utah, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Vermont, and Virginia are marked green because a signed pathway is tracked. Some still have future effective dates or phased implementation, so buyers should confirm current utility and code guidance.
Governor Mikie Sherrill signed S2368/A4836 on September 1, 2026. Qualifying devices are capped at 1,200 W, and implementation should be checked before the March 1, 2027 effective date.
The official record checked September 30 still lists SB868 as enrolled with the governor. August 31 remains the last recorded action. California stays pending until an official final disposition is confirmed.
New York's SUNNY Act passed both chambers May 28; no governor action is recorded in the checked history. Massachusetts H5175 remains in conference, with July 16 the latest recorded action.
Michigan, North Carolina and Ohio join the stalled watchlist. New Mexico SB157 is recorded as dead; Washington SB6050 was placed in the Senate Rules X file. A new-session attempt is not guaranteed.
UL 3700, anti-islanding, outlet protection, rapid shutdown, equipment listings, and simple utility notification are the issues most likely to shape final state rules and product choices.
The common pattern is a small AC-output cap, listed equipment, anti-islanding protection, receptacle rules, no utility preapproval for qualifying systems, and a simple notice path.
Status map
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Pending legislation
Chamber passage, reconciliation, executive action and stalled proposals are shown separately. A stalled bill may return in a new session, but it must advance again before it can change the law.
State list
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Method
All 50 states and DC were screened against the national overview. Official records were checked where accessible; the selected-state panel identifies records that still need final confirmation. No-bill and no-ban findings do not override electrical codes, utility tariffs or property rules.