NY A03805

Establishes a definition of "community distributed generation facility" as a photovoltaic system with a rated capacity of not more than 5 megawatts of alternating current that allows participating electric customers to receive bill credits proportional to their interest in the facility, with at least 60 percent of production allocated to participating customers in increments of 25 kilowatts or less.

Directs the Public Service Commission within 90 days to order electric corporations to file a model tariff enabling the transfer of bill credits from community distributed generation facilities across different electric corporation service territories and to approve these tariffs within 270 days of the effective date.

Requires that all community distributed generation facilities designated for participation in the bill credit system allocate at least 35 percent of aggregate credits from their designated projects to disadvantaged communities as defined under environmental conservation law and low to moderate income communities.

Exempts community distributed generation development within cities with a population of one million or more from restrictions and authorizes the Public Service Commission to review compensation mechanisms for projects in such cities to ensure the market achieves its potential given limited real property for solar development.

Extends the benefits of general business law section 349-d to customers of community distributed generation facilities designated under this act.