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                                  5525

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT, HOOPER, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, MAISEL,
  CASTRO, MARKEY, GABRYSZAK -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  AUBRY,
  BOYLAND,  BOYLE,  BRENNAN, 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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  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:
  S  1020-cc.  Authority  subject to certain provisions contained in the
state finance law, the public service law, the social services  law  and
the  general  municipal  law.  All  contracts  of the authority shall be
subject to the provisions of the state finance law relating to contracts
made by the state. The authority shall also establish  rules  and  regu-
lations  with  respect to providing to its residential gas, electric and
steam utility customers those rights and protections provided in article
two and sections one hundred seventeen and one hundred eighteen  of  the
public  service  law  and section one hundred thirty-one-s of the social
services law. THE AUTHORITY SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTION
SIXTY-SIX-J OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW. The authority shall let contracts
for construction or purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment pursu-
ant  to  section one hundred three and paragraph (e) of subdivision four
of section one hundred twenty-w of the general municipal law.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.