Assembly Bill A2808

2015-2016 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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2015-A2808 (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
2011-2012: A5708
2013-2014: A5821
2017-2018: A6687
2019-2020: A7316

2015-A2808 (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.

2015-A2808 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2808

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, FINCH, MARKEY -- Multi-Spon-
  sored  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 546 of the laws of 2011, 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
generating equipment owned, leased or operated by residential customers,
[(E)] (5) fuel cell electric generating equipment owned, leased or oper-
ated by residential customers, and [(F)] (6) micro-hydroelectric  gener-
ating equipment owned, leased or operated by customer-generators 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07251-01-5

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