Senate Bill S2878

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that credits for excess electricity generated by customer-generators subject to net energy metering may be carried over and used to offset electricity used

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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-S2878 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3096
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§66-j & 66-l, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-g, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10244
2011-2012: S5839, A5521
2013-2014: S2957, A5822
2017-2018: S2696, A5527
2019-2020: S3596, A4639
2021-2022: S3140, A5530
2023-2024: S4304

2015-S2878 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that credits for excess electricity generated by customer-generators subject to net energy metering by an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority may be carried over indefinitely and used against any charges imposed by an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority when the customer-generator uses more electricity than such customer generates; provides for the accounting of credits once every 5 years and the electric corporation or Long Island power authority shall reimburse the customer-generator for the accumulated credits.

2015-S2878 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2878 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2878

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BOYLE, MONTGOMERY, PERKINS, SAMPSON -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Energy and Telecommunications

AN  ACT  to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
  in relation to credit for electricity generated by a  customer-genera-
  tor subject to net energy metering

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 66-j of the public service law, as
amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2009, paragraphs (b)  and  (c)  as
amended  by  chapter  494  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
  4. Rates. An electric corporation shall use  net  energy  metering  to
measure  and  charge for the net electricity supplied by the corporation
and provided to the corporation by a  customer-generator,  according  to
these requirements:
  (a) In the event that the amount of electricity supplied by the corpo-
ration  during  the  billing  period  exceeds  the amount of electricity
provided by a customer-generator, the corporation shall,  AFTER  DEDUCT-
ING,  FROM  THE AGGREGATE OF UNUSED CREDIT FOR EXCESS ELECTRICITY GENER-
ATED BY SUCH CUSTOMER-GENERATOR PRIOR TO SUCH BILLING PERIOD, AN  AMOUNT
OF  CREDIT  EQUAL  TO THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED BY THE ELECTRIC
CORPORATION, TO THE EXTENT SUCH CREDIT EXISTS, AND MAY THEREAFTER charge
the customer-generator for the net electricity supplied, AFTER DEDUCTION
OF SUCH CREDITS, at the  same  rate  per  kilowatt  hour  applicable  to
service  provided  to other customers in the same service class which do
not generate electricity onsite.
  (b) In the event that the amount of electricity produced by a  custom-
er-generator during the billing period exceeds the amount of electricity
used by the customer-generator, the corporation shall (I) apply a credit
to the next bill for service to the customer-generator for the net elec-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06076-02-5
              

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