NY State Senate Bill S6919

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 28, 2022	vetoed memo.182
Dec 16, 2022	delivered to governor
Apr 27, 2022	returned to senate passed assembly
Apr 25, 2022	ordered to third reading rules cal.86 substituted for a7703 referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 02, 2022	advanced to third reading
Feb 01, 2022	2nd report cal.
Jan 31, 2022	1st report cal.375
Jan 05, 2022	referred to energy and telecommunications
May 20, 2021	referred to energy and telecommunications

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S6919 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7703
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §66-j, Pub Serv L

S6919 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows certain customer-generators who generate solar electricity to donate credit for such electricity to low-income families; requires electric corporations to create a low-income energy assistance pool for the donation of such credits.

S6919 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6919

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to allowing certain
customer-generators who generate solar electricity to donate credit for
such electricity to low-income families

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill allows certain customer-generators who generate solar elec-
tricity to donate credit for such electricity to low-income families.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 66-j of the
public service law, as amended by chapter 494 of the laws of 2014, and a
new paragraph (e) is added. Section two provides the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, residential solar panels are net-metered and excess energy
produced by a rooftop solar system is converted to 'credits'. Those
credits can be used toward future electric bills by the owner but cannot
be cashed out nor can the credits be transferred to others. Some rooftop
solar owners produce more electricity than they consume annually, mean-
ing they effectively donate that energy to the power companies. A system
that produces -3000 kWh of net energy in excess of what is used over a
year is enough energy to power a small family home for 4-5 months.
Customer-generators should have the option to donate this excess to a
pool of credits to help families in need. NYSERDA currently estimates
that 86,000 homes in the state of New York are powered by residential
solar systems. If each of those homes donated just 1000 kWh of excess
energy credits it would be enough to power approximately 12,500 homes
for an entire year. This bill will keep the lights on by helping reduce
energy costs for families in need; fight climate change by helping meet
the state's ambitious clean energy goals and further incentivize clean
energy for New York residents; create jobs by increasing the potential
size of residential solar projects and have no cost to New York State.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

S6919 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6919
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to allowing certain
   customer-generators who generate solar electricity  to  donate  credit
   for such electricity to low-income families

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  4  of  section  66-j  of  the
 public  service  law,  as amended by chapter 494 of the laws of 2014, is
 amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (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-
 tricity  provided  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, OR (II) AT THE OPTION OF THE CUSTOMER-
 GENERATOR, DONATE THE CREDIT TO THE LOW-INCOME  ENERGY  ASSISTANCE  POOL
 ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.   CREDITS
 DONATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  BE  APPLIED
 TO BILLS FOR SERVICE TO LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE POOL CREDIT RECIPI-
 ENTS FOR THE NET ELECTRICITY PROVIDED 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;  except  for  micro-com-
 bined  heat  and  power  or  fuel cell customer-generators or farm waste
 generating equipment customer-generators as  described  in  subparagraph
 (ix)  of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision one of this section, who will be
 credited at the corporation's avoided costs.  The  avoided  cost  credit
 provided  to micro-combined heat and power or fuel cell customer-genera-
 tors or farm waste generating equipment customer-generators as described
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD09354-02-1

 S. 6919                             2
 
 in subparagraph (ix) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section
 shall be treated for ratemaking purposes as a purchase of electricity in
 the market that is includable in commodity costs.
   (E)  (I) WITHIN TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 PARAGRAPH, EACH ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL FILE AN APPLICATION WITH  THE
 COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A "LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE POOL" TO WHICH A
 CUSTOMER-GENERATOR  MAY ELECT TO DONATE CREDITS EARNED BY SUCH CUSTOMER-
 GENERATOR PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.  THE COMMISSION
 SHALL RENDER A DECISION ON EACH APPLICATION WITHIN NINETY DAYS FROM  THE
 DATE  ON  WHICH THE APPLICATION IS FILED. EACH APPLICATION SHALL PROVIDE
 FOR A PROCESS WHEREBY  LOW-INCOME  HOUSEHOLDS,  QUALIFYING  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, MAY APPLY TO RECEIVE ENERGY CREDITS
 FROM  THE  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION'S  LOW-INCOME  ENERGY  ASSISTANCE POOL,
 PURSUANT TO  THE  ENERGY  CREDIT  DISBURSEMENT  PROCESS  ESTABLISHED  BY
 SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (II)  WITHIN  NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE
 COMMISSION SHALL CREATE A LIST OF QUALIFICATIONS,  GIVING  CONSIDERATION
 TO  DEMOGRAPHICS  AND  ECONOMIC  FACTORS WITHIN THE SERVICE TERRITORY OF
 EACH ELECTRIC CORPORATION, UNDER  WHICH  LOW-INCOME  HOUSEHOLDS  MEETING
 SUCH  QUALIFICATIONS  SHALL BE DEEMED ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ENERGY CREDITS
 FROM AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION'S LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE POOL.
   (III) WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 PARAGRAPH,  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  PROCESS  TO DIRECT THE
 DISBURSEMENT OF ENERGY CREDITS FROM EACH ELECTRIC CORPORATION'S  LOW-IN-
 COME  ENERGY ASSISTANCE POOL TO QUALIFYING APPLICANTS. IN THE ESTABLISH-
 MENT OF SUCH PROCESS, THE COMMISSION SHALL GIVE CONSIDERATION TO FACTORS
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE PRESENCE OF AN APPLICANT HOUSEHOLD MEMBER UNDER AGE  SIX,  AGE
 SIXTY OR OLDER, OR  WITH A PERMANENT DISABILITY;
   (B) APPLICANT HOUSEHOLD SIZE;
   (C)  ADVERSE  APPLICANT CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH MAY WARRANT PRIORITIZATION
 OF SUCH APPLICANT AS A CREDIT RECIPIENT;
   (D) APPLICANT HOUSEHOLD INCOME; AND
   (E) AN APPLICANT'S PRIMARY HOUSEHOLD HEATING AND/OR COOLING SOURCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Timothy M. Kennedy

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Apr 25, 2022 - floor Vote

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Jan 31, 2022 - Energy and Telecommunications committee Vote

Energy and Telecommunications Committee Vote: Jan 31, 2022

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Alessandra Biaggi

Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Rachel May

S6919 (ACTIVE) - Details

S6919 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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S6919 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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