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Senate Bill S4993

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to net energy metering for residential solar and wind, farm waste or non-residential solar electric generating systems

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2009-S4993 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง66-j & 66-l, Pub Serv L

2009-S4993 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to net energy metering for residential solar and wind, farm waste or non-residential solar electric generating systems.

2009-S4993 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4993 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4993

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to net energy meter-
  ing  for  residential  solar  and  wind, farm waste or non-residential
  solar electric generating systems

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  1 of section 66-j of the
public service law, as amended by chapter 452 of the laws  of  2008,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (d)  "Solar electric generating equipment" means a photovoltaic system
(i) (A) in the case of a residential customer, with a rated capacity  of
not  more than twenty-five kilowatts; and (B) in the case of a non-resi-
dential customer, with a rated capacity of not more than [the lesser of]
two thousand kilowatts [or such customer's peak load  as  measured  over
the  prior  twelve  month  period, or in the case that such twelve month
period of measurement is  not  available,  then  as  determined  by  the
commission  based  on  its  analysis of comparable facilities]; and (ii)
that is manufactured, installed, and operated in accordance with  appli-
cable  government and industry standards, that is connected to the elec-
tric system and operated in conjunction with an  electric  corporation's
transmission  and  distribution  facilities,  and  that  is  operated in
compliance with any standards and requirements  established  under  this
section.
  S  2.  Paragraph  (f)  of  subdivision 1 of section 66-1 of the public
service law, as amended by chapter 483 of the laws of 2008,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  (f) "Wind electric generating equipment" means one or more wind gener-
ators  with a combined rated capacity of not more than twenty-five kilo-
watts for a residential  customer-generator,  and  not  more  than  five

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10574-02-9

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