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Assembly Bill A6687

2017-2018 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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2017-A6687 (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
2015-2016: A2808
2019-2020: A7316

2017-A6687 (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.

2017-A6687 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6687
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, FINCH -- 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 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.

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