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NY A02283
Bill
Status
1/22/2019
Primary Sponsor
Carrie Woerner
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AI Summary
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Amends Public Service Law section 66-j to establish a minimum credit rate of 12 cents per kilowatt hour for farm waste generating equipment customer-generators (anaerobic digesters) on their electricity bills.
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Removes anaerobic digesters from the category of customer-generators credited at the utility corporation's avoided costs, instead providing them with the higher fixed rate of at least 12 cents per kilowatt hour.
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Establishes legislative intent to support the financial viability of existing and legacy anaerobic digesters on New York dairy farms that reduce methane emissions and nutrient water contamination.
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Addresses the immediate financial need of anaerobic digesters installed prior to finalization of a new distributed energy resources compensation methodology by the Public Service Commission.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Relates to setting the rate of credit per kilowatt hour for farm waste generating equipment customer-generators, which includes the anaerobic digestion of agricultural waste; sets a rate for anaerobic digestion of agricultural waste to at least 12 cents per kilowatt hour.
Last Action
referred to energy
1/8/2020