Assembly Bill A10245

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Eliminates any requirement that solar electric generating equipment of less than 25 kilowatts have an external disconnect switch

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A10245 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7712
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66-j, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-cc, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A5525, S4548

2009-A10245 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates any requirement that solar electric generating equipment of less than 25 kilowatts have an external disconnect switch, so long as such equipment complies with the interconnection standards of the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.; makes the provisions relating to net energy metering applicable to the Long Island power authority.

2009-A10245 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10245

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 12, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, HOOPER, FIELDS, SKARTADOS, GUNTHER,
  JAFFEE, MAISEL, CASTRO, MARKEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALES-
  SI, AUBRY, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, GORDON, MAGEE, McENENY, REILLY, THIELE --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Energy

AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public  authorities  law,
  in relation to external disconnect switches on solar electric generat-
  ing equipment

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  5  of
section 66-j of the public service law, as amended by chapter 355 of the
laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  (ii) a manual lockable disconnect switch provided by the customer-gen-
erator  which shall be located on the outside of the customer's premises
and externally accessible for the purpose of isolating  the  residential
solar  and  farm waste electric generating equipment.  HOWEVER, UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SUCH STANDARDS REQUIRE THE  USE  OF  SUCH  A  MANUAL
LOCKABLE  DISCONNECT  SWITCH  ON RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OF
NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE KILOWATTS, WHEN SUCH EQUIPMENT IS  IN  COMPLI-
ANCE WITH UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INTERCONNECTION STANDARD 1747.
  S  2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5-a of section
66-j of the public service law, as amended by chapter 355 of the laws of
2009, is amended to read as follows:
  (ii) a manual lockable disconnect switch provided by the customer-gen-
erator which shall be located on the outside of the customer-generator's
premises and externally accessible for  the  purpose  of  isolating  the
solar  electric  generating equipment.   HOWEVER, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
SHALL SUCH STANDARDS REQUIRE THE USE OF SUCH A MANUAL  LOCKABLE  DISCON-
NECT SWITCH ON NON-RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OF NOT MORE THAN
TWENTY-FIVE  KILOWATTS, WHEN SUCH EQUIPMENT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH UNDER-
WRITERS LABORATORIES INTERCONNECTION STANDARD 1747.
  S 3. Section 1020-cc of the public authorities law, as added by  chap-
ter 517 of the laws of 1986 and as renumbered by chapter 334 of the laws
of 1987, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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