S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11413--A
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 10, 2010
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. DelMonte,
Cahill, M. Miller, Galef, Gunther, Fields, Stirpe, Skartados, Castro,
Zebrowski, Jaffee, Maisel, Englebright, Gordon, Finch, Gibson, Glick,
Gottfried, Hooper, Magee, McEneny, Reilly, Schimel, Schimminger) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Energy -- reported and
referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee
on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to remote metering
by farm and non-residential customer-generators
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 66-j of the public service law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
(E) A CUSTOMER WHO OWNS OR OPERATES A FARM OPERATION AS SUCH TERM IS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE AGRI-
CULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, OR A NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER-GENERATOR AS
DEFINED BY SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION MAY LOCATE SOLAR ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT OR FARM
WASTE ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT WITH A NET ENERGY METER ON LAND
OWNED OR LEASED BY SUCH CUSTOMER-GENERATOR AND DESIGNATE ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT OF THE NET METERING CREDITS GENERATED BY SUCH EQUIPMENT TO A
METER OR METERS AT ANY LOCATION OWNED OR LEASED BY SUCH CUSTOMER-GENERA-
TOR WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA OF THE SAME ELECTRIC CORPORATION TO WHICH
THE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR'S NET ENERGY METERS ARE INTERCONNECTED AND BEING
WITHIN A RADIUS OF TWENTY-FIVE MILES OF THE SOLAR ELECTRIC GENERATING
EQUIPMENT OR FARM WASTE ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT.
S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 66-1 of the public service law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
(E) A CUSTOMER WHO OWNS OR OPERATES LAND USED IN AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE
OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, OR A NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER-GENER-
ATOR AS DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH (C-1) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION
MAY LOCATE WIND ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT WITH A NET ENERGY METER ON
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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LAND OWNED OR LEASED BY SUCH CUSTOMER-GENERATOR AND DESIGNATE ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE NET METERING CREDITS GENERATED BY SUCH EQUIPMENT
TO A METER OR METERS AT ANY LOCATION OWNED OR LEASED BY SUCH
CUSTOMER-GENERATOR WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA OF THE SAME ELECTRIC CORPO-
RATION TO WHICH THE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR'S NET ENERGY METERS ARE INTERCON-
NECTED AND BEING WITHIN A RADIUS OF TWENTY-FIVE MILES OF THE WIND ELEC-
TRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.