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NY A08758

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/2/2025

Primary Sponsor

Didi Barrett

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Increases New York's distributed solar energy capacity target from 6 gigawatts by 2025 to 20 gigawatts by 2035

  • Requires electric corporations to file annual reports with itemized costs of distribution system upgrades for interconnecting distributed energy resources, with data published in a public database

  • Establishes a self-performance program allowing distributed energy resource companies to complete certain distribution upgrades themselves, with prevailing wage requirements for projects above 1 megawatt AC

  • Creates a uniform statewide flexible interconnection program using smart-grid technology to actively manage distributed energy resources, with defined limits on annual energy curtailment for solar systems

  • Directs NYSERDA to continue the NY-Sun program with at least 35% of investment benefiting low- to moderate-income households and disadvantaged communities, with funding authorized in increments supporting at least 2 gigawatts each

Legislative Description

Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources.

Last Action

print number 8758a

2/18/2026

Committee Referrals

Environmental Conservation6/5/2025
Energy6/2/2025

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