Assembly Bill A5708

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Directs the Long Island power authority and New York state energy research and development authority to provide for inspection of electric generating equipment

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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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2011-A5708 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1020-g, add §1855-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10825
2013-2014: A5821
2015-2016: A2808
2017-2018: A6687
2019-2020: A7316

2011-A5708 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the Long Island power authority and the New York state energy research and development authority to contract with an independent entity to inspect residential electric generating equipment; prohibits the provision of financial assistance for any such equipment unless it is inspected and approved by such independent inspector; directs both such authorities to provide grants of up to $300 for the installation and interconnection of such equipment.

2011-A5708 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5708

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, MILLMAN, FINCH, MARKEY --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred  to
  the Committee on Energy

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing for
  the  inspection  of  residential  electric  generating  equipment  and
  providing grants for the installation and interconnection thereof

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 1020-g of the public authorities
law,  as  amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read
as follows;
  (h) (I) To implement programs and policies designed to provide for the
interconnection of: [(i)] (A) (1) solar  electric  generating  equipment
owned  or  operated by residential customers, [(B)] (2) farm waste elec-
tric generating equipment  owned  or  operated  by  customer-generators,
[(C)]  (3) solar electric generating equipment owned or operated by non-
residential customers, [(D)] (4) micro-combined heat and power  generat-
ing  equipment  owned,  leased or operated by residential customers, and
[(E)] (5) fuel cell electric generating equipment owned, leased or oper-
ated by residential customers, and for net  energy  metering  consistent
with  section  sixty-six-j  of  the  public service law, to increase the
efficiency of energy end use, to  shift  demand  from  periods  of  high
demand  to  periods  of  low demand and to facilitate the development of
cogeneration; and [(ii)] (B) wind electric generating equipment owned or
operated by customer-generators and for net energy  metering  consistent
with section sixty-six-l of the public service law.
  (II)(A)  TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY QUALIFIED
TO INSPECT THE INTERCONNECTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF ELECTRIC  GENER-
ATING  EQUIPMENT INSTALLED PURSUANT TO THE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHEN THE  CUSTOMER-GENERA-
TOR  RECEIVES  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  FROM  THE AUTHORITY. ALL FINANCIAL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09782-01-1

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