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NY A06700
Bill
Status
3/15/2017
Primary Sponsor
Steven Englebright
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AI Summary
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Repeals existing net energy metering sections 66-j and 66-l of public service law and establishes comprehensive new net energy metering framework for solar, wind, fuel cell, farm waste, micro-combined heat and power, and micro-hydroelectric generating equipment.
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Allows customer-generators to sell excess electricity back to utilities at the same retail rate charged to other customers in their service class, with micro-combined heat and power and fuel cell systems credited at avoided costs instead.
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Permits farm operation owners and residential customers with solar or farm waste equipment to apply net metering credits across multiple properties within the same utility service territory and load zone, prioritizing highest-use meters first.
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Establishes a 2,000 kilowatt capacity limit for solar, wind, fuel cell, and farm waste equipment, with lower limits for micro-combined heat and power (10 kilowatts) and residential micro-hydroelectric systems (25 kilowatts).
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Prohibits utilities from charging backup, standby, demand, or other additional fees for net energy metering services, and requires utilities to develop standard contracts and process interconnection requests within one month of receiving completed applications.
Legislative Description
Provides for the net energy metering of solar, wind, fuel cell and farm waste electric generating systems for both residential and business customers; increases the rated capacity of eligible solar electric generating equipment to 2,000 kilowatts; provides for the metering and fees for such electric generating equipment.
Last Action
referred to energy
1/3/2018