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Senate Bill S5616

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to net metering of non-demand customers

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2009-S5616 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง66-j & 66-l, Pub Serv L

2009-S5616 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to net metering of non-demand customers.

2009-S5616 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5616 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5616

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 solar and wind
  electric generating equipment

  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 OR NON-RESIDENTIAL customer, with a
rated capacity of not more than twenty-five kilowatts; and  (B)  in  the
case  of a non-residential customer, with a rated capacity of [not] more
than TWENTY-FIVE KILOWATTS, 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 avail-
able, then as determined by the commission  based  on  its  analysis  of
comparable  facilities;  and  (ii)  that is manufactured, installed, and
operated in accordance with applicable government  and  industry  stand-
ards,  that is connected to the electric system and operated in conjunc-
tion with an electric corporation's transmission and distribution facil-
ities, 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-l 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 OR NON-RESIDENTIAL customer-generator,  and  not
more  than five hundred kilowatts for a farm service customer-generator,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11992-01-9

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