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NY A10716
Bill
Status
6/13/2016
Primary Sponsor
Carrie Woerner
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AI Summary
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Public Service Commission must establish a self-directed clean energy program within 45 days for industrial, commercial, and large utility customers to promote energy efficiency, renewable energy adoption, and distributed energy resources.
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Eligible participants include individual customers with a 36-month average demand of 2 megawatts or greater, or aggregated customers with 4 megawatts or greater demand (with at least one account at 1 megawatt or greater).
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Participants can redirect existing clean energy surcharges into dedicated energy savings accounts to fund their own efficiency and renewable energy projects, with a majority of contributions self-directed by participants.
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Program requires baseline energy data collection, biannual progress reports from participants, standardized measurement and verification of savings, and multi-year spending periods exceeding 35 months for aggregated fees.
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Unused surcharges in energy savings accounts must be returned to original surcharge purposes after 7 years; Commission must provide annual reports to legislative leadership on program performance.
Legislative Description
Establishes the New York state clean energy tech production program as a self-directed program for industrial, commercial and large users in order to stimulate the growth and adoption of more efficient use of energy, greater use of advanced energy management products, deeper penetration of renewable energy resources, wider deployment of "distributed" energy resources, and storage.
Last Action
referred to energy
6/13/2016