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NY A01924

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/13/2015

Primary Sponsor

Steven Englebright

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Origin

Assembly

2015-2016 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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%.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Energy1/13/2015

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