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NY A01924
Bill
Status
1/13/2015
Primary Sponsor
Steven Englebright
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AI Summary
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Establishes a Clean Energy Fund requiring electric distribution companies to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy technologies, with 70% for efficiency measures and 30% for clean energy technology development like solar, wind, and fuel cells.
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Expands net energy metering to include small commercial and industrial customer-generators (up to 100 employees) for wind electric generating equipment, with capacity limits of 25 kilowatts for residential and 500 kilowatts for farm service customers.
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Requires electric corporations to source increasing percentages of electricity from clean energy technologies, starting at 0.5% by July 1, 2016, increasing by 0.5% annually until reaching 6%, then 1% annually until reaching 10%.
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Allows all customers to interconnect clean energy technologies at their premises with maximum interconnection charges of $35 per kilowatt for systems over 10 kilowatts, and no charges for systems 10 kilowatts or less.
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Directs the Power Authority of New York and Long Island Power Authority to establish clean energy initiatives investing at least $100 million per year over 10 years, with Long Island authority supporting 60 megawatts of customer-installed clean energy technologies.
Legislative Description
Relates to establishing the clean energy fund to improve energy efficiency and provide for the development of clean energy technologies; relates to promoting the distribution of clean energy resources; requires the use of clean energy technologies by electric corporations and net energy metering for wind electric generating facilities; relates to requiring the NYS and Long Island power authorities to establish clean energy initiatives.
Last Action
referred to energy
1/6/2016