Full-Time
Director of Grid Strategy & Utility Planning
Solar Landscape
201-500 employees
Leases rooftops for community solar
No salary listed
Shrewsbury, NJ, USA
Remote
Flexible remote/hybrid; occasional on-site in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
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- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or a related field.
- 10–20+ years of experience in electric utility planning, transmission or distribution engineering, grid modernization, or DER integration.
- Deep understanding of utility planning methodologies, system constraints, reliability, infrastructure development, and capital planning.
- Experience with distributed energy resources, renewable energy, battery energy storage, or advanced grid technologies.
- Strong familiarity with utility planning studies, hosting-capacity analysis, interconnection impacts, and grid-modernization initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to influence utility stakeholders and advance new technical or operational approaches.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex grid issues into actionable business recommendations.
- Experience within a major electric utility, ISO/RTO, grid consulting firm, or adjacent energy organization strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with PJM, NYISO, CAISO, ERCOT, MISO, or other major U.S. power markets preferred.
- Experience advancing DERMS, dynamic hosting capacity, flexible interconnection, non-wire alternatives, or related pilots preferred.
- Professional Engineer license or an advanced degree in power systems, energy policy, or a related discipline preferred.
- Engage utility planning and engineering teams to identify and advance opportunities to increase hosting capacity on constrained circuits.
- Build strong relationships across utility planning, asset management, engineering, operations, regulatory, and innovation teams.
- Develop technically credible, data-driven proposals that align distributed energy deployment with utility reliability and planning objectives.
- Identify, develop, and advance DERMS, dynamic hosting capacity, flexible interconnection, non-wire alternative, and other grid-modernization pilot opportunities.
- Analyze hosting-capacity maps, load forecasts, infrastructure plans, capital programs, and system-planning studies to inform market and siting strategy.
- Interpret integrated distribution plans, integrated resource plans, long-range transmission plans, and other utility planning filings.
- Monitor feeder and substation constraints, system-upgrade programs, load growth, electrification trends, and planned utility investments.
- Identify circuits and substations where targeted operational changes, grid technologies, or infrastructure investments could unlock additional DER capacity.
- Provide strategic guidance on integrating distributed solar and battery energy storage systems within utility distribution networks.
- Evaluate how operating requirements, export controls, tariffs, system limitations, and utility planning assumptions affect DER deployment.
- Support interpretation of feasibility studies, system-impact studies, facility studies, and related utility planning data.
- Provide input on point-of-interconnection strategy and system-integration considerations.
- Track emerging grid technologies, including ADMS, DERMS, advanced inverters, digital twins, VPPs, microgrids, and grid-enhancing technologies.
- Participate in utility working groups, regulatory forums, industry organizations, and technical conferences related to grid modernization and DER integration.
- Support development, interconnection, policy, and New Markets teams with early-stage grid intelligence and utility-planning insight.
- Translate utility planning information into clear recommendations for leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Professional Engineer license or an advanced degree in power systems, energy policy, or a related discipline preferred.
- Familiarity with PJM, NYISO, CAISO, ERCOT, MISO, or other major U.S. power markets preferred.
- Experience advancing DERMS, dynamic hosting capacity, flexible interconnection, non-wire alternatives, or related pilots preferred.
- Experience within a major electric utility, ISO/RTO, grid consulting firm, or adjacent energy organization strongly preferred.
Solar Landscape develops and operates community solar projects in New Jersey by partnering with commercial real estate owners, municipalities, and non-profits to bring solar energy to local communities. They install large-scale solar systems on rooftops or other available sites and share the generated energy with multiple customers, including renters and households without suitable roofs. The energy is sold to local utilities or through community solar subscriptions, generating revenue from leases and energy sales, with possible incentives and tax credits. Unlike purely residential solar providers, Solar Landscape focuses on a community solar model that makes solar energy accessible to a broader audience by pooling resources and benefits from shared installations. The goal is to reduce carbon emissions, lower energy costs for participants, and expand solar access across New Jersey for commercial, municipal, and non-profit partners and their communities.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$2B
Headquarters
Wall Township, New Jersey
Founded
2012
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Solar Landscape secured a $600M green-labeled debt facility anchored by 146 MW community solar assets in NJ, IL, MD, MN.
- Solar Landscape's $125M oversubscribed revolving credit facility strengthens throughput and enables faster megawatt deployment across core markets.
- Solar Landscape's $117M Nuveen tax equity deal simplifies monetization, enabling efficient capital deployment for its 145MW portfolio.
What critics are saying
- New Jersey Community Solar Pilot Program expiration without permanent rules poses 40-60% risk in 12-18 months, threatening 75% of revenue.
- Regulatory mandate capping 51% power to LMI households limits pricing flexibility, reducing margin per kW and increasing utility rate vulnerability.
- Competitors Naval Energy or Active Environmental Technologies may capture rooftop lease deals in NJ within 9-15 months with 30-50% probability.
What makes Solar Landscape unique
- Solar Landscape is the nation's leading commercial rooftop solar developer with 75+ million sq ft developed.
- Solar Landscape pioneered community solar on commercial rooftops, enabling renters and shaded-roof households to access solar energy.
- Solar Landscape operates over 350 projects across 90M sq ft, offering discounted PPA power to public and private entities.
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↑ 28%Solar Landscape named No. 1 Commercial Rooftop Solar Developer for second consecutive year. Recognition reinforces the company's leadership in transforming commercial real estate into distributed energy infrastructure that delivers power where it's needed most. ASBURY PARK, N.J. July 22, 2026 - Solar Landscape has been named the No. 1 National Commercial Rooftop Solar Developer on Solar Power World's 2026 Top Solar Contractors List, marking the second consecutive year the company has earned the category's top ranking. The recognition comes as utilities, policymakers, commercial real estate owners, and large electricity users such as data centers face an increasingly urgent challenge: bringing new power online faster to meet rapidly growing electricity demand. Solar Landscape has built the nation's leading platform for doing exactly that - transforming commercial rooftops into distributed energy infrastructure that can be deployed in a fraction of the time required for traditional generation. "Commercial real estate has become one of the fastest paths to building new energy infrastructure," said Shaun Keegan, Co-Founder and CEO of Solar Landscape. "This recognition reflects the trust our commercial real estate partners place in us, the strength of our team, and our ability to consistently deliver projects at scale. Every rooftop we develop represents new power for the grid, new value for property owners, and a faster path to meeting America's growing energy needs." Solar Landscape partners with many of the nation's leading commercial real estate owners to lease underutilized rooftops and transform them into long-term energy assets. The company develops, finances, builds, owns, and operates every project, allowing property owners to generate predictable long-term income without investing capital or managing complex energy infrastructure. Today, Solar Landscape has built one of the largest distributed energy platforms in the country, combining commercial real estate partnerships, proprietary technology, project finance, utility expertise, and vertically integrated development to accelerate deployment at national scale. As electricity demand continues to grow, driven by data centers, electrification, and economic expansion, the company is expanding beyond rooftop solar to help utilities, policymakers, and commercial property owners unlock additional distributed energy resources, including battery storage. "Our industry has reached an important inflection point," said Mark Schottinger, President of Solar Landscape. "The conversation is no longer simply about installing more solar panels. It's about delivering reliable generation and capacity faster, strengthening the grid, and building the energy infrastructure our economy requires. Commercial real estate is uniquely positioned to help solve that challenge." Founded in 2012, Solar Landscape pioneered the commercial rooftop solar development model and has grown into the nation's leading commercial rooftop solar developer through disciplined execution, long-term partnerships, and continuous innovation. The company now works with more than 170 commercial real estate partners across multiple states and has deployed billions of dollars of capital to accelerate distributed energy development nationwide. The annual Solar Power World Top Solar Contractors List recognizes the country's highest-performing solar companies based on installed capacity, project execution, and market leadership. About Solar Landscape Solar Landscape is the nation's leading distributed energy infrastructure company, transforming commercial real estate into a source of new power by deploying solar and storage at scale. Partnering with more than 170+ commercial real estate owners and utilities, the company develops, builds, owns, and operates distributed energy projects that deliver new capacity to the grid in as little as 12 months while generating long-term income for commercial and industrial property owners. Recognized by the Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S. and ranked the #1 commercial rooftop solar developer by Solar Power World, Solar Landscape combines real estate expertise with proprietary technology and vertically integrated execution to deploy infrastructure with speed and certainty. Headquartered in Asbury Park, New Jersey, with offices in New York City, Chicago, and Baltimore, the company has deployed more than 500 projects representing over 750 MWdc of generation. About Solar Power World Solar Power World is the premier media outlet covering the U.S. solar installation, development, and EPC industries. Its annual Top Solar Contractors List recognizes the leading companies driving solar deployment and innovation across the country. Are you a commercial property owner interested in a rooftop solar lease?
Community solar needs space to grow. Warehouse rooftops have lots of it. June 22, 2026. Industrial buildings could host gigawatts of shared solar to deliver low-cost power to underserved urban communities - if states and utilities allow it to scale up. Warehouse rooftops represent one of the largest untapped solar resources in the country, and community solar programs are emerging as the mechanism that makes them financially viable for building owners. A new piece from Canary Media examines why industrial buildings are well-suited for shared solar and what policy conditions are driving the model forward. * Most warehouses only need 30 to 40% of their roof space to meet on-site demand, leaving the rest available for community solar that generates rental income for the building owner. * Community solar resolves the split-incentive problem, converting unused roof space into income rather than relying on tenants to capture the bill savings. * Solar Landscape is developing approximately 116 megawatts of rooftop community solar with Prologis in New Jersey, part of a broader 198 MW, 45-project pipeline across New Jersey and Illinois. Nationally, commercial and industrial rooftops could host up to 581 gigawatts of solar capacity, but only a fraction is in use today. States like New Jersey and Maryland are expanding community solar programs to unlock that potential, while California has moved in the opposite direction, with regulators arguing ground-mounted solar is more cost-effective. A Brattle Group analysis commissioned by Solar Landscape pushes back on that framing, finding that rooftop community solar-plus-storage systems in dense urban areas can deliver lower energy and grid costs than remote alternatives. Read the full article on Canary Media here. Are you a commercial property owner interested in a rooftop solar lease?
Solar Landscape, a leading commercial and industrial rooftop solar producer, has closed a $117 million preferred tax equity investment with Nuveen Energy Infrastructure Credit. The investment, combined with an expected $120 million in tax credit transfer proceeds, will support a 145MW portfolio of community solar assets across Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey and Minnesota. This marks the second major transaction between the firms in under 12 months. The deal is structured to simplify tax credit monetisation, eliminating the need for traditional tax equity financing and enabling more efficient capital deployment across Solar Landscape's growing portfolio. The investment will span two years of capital deployment. Solar Landscape operates over 350 projects across 90 million square feet, representing more than 630MWdc of generation capacity.
SolarEdge announced a significant new supply agreement with Solar Landscape today.
Evesham Township is partnering with Solar Landscape to host a free information session on Aug. 28 to share the benefits of New Jersey's Community Solar Energy Program.