Senate Bill S9608

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   9608
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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 directing utility
   corporations to petition the public service commission for approval of
   electric grid utilization metrics

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 4-c to read as follows:
   §  4-C.  UTILITY CORPORATION UTILIZATION METRICS. 1. (A) NO LATER THAN
 OCTOBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX,  EACH  UTILITY  CORPORATION
 SHALL  PETITION THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF ELECTRIC GRID UTILIZATION
 METRICS. SUCH PETITION SHALL INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF ELECTRIC GRID UTILI-
 ZATION METRICS, INCLUDING INDUSTRY STANDARD METRICS. EACH UTILITY CORPO-
 RATION SHALL INCLUDE IN SUCH PETITION AN ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT  ELECTRIC
 DISTRIBUTION  AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AS COMPARED WITH OPTI-
 MAL UTILIZATION OF EXISTING ELECTRIC GRID ASSETS, INCLUDING ANY INFORMA-
 TION NECESSARY  FOR  THE  COMMISSION  TO  EVALUATE  THE  EFFICIENCY  AND
 PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM INFRASTRUC-
 TURE OWNED AND OPERATED BY EACH SUCH UTILITY CORPORATION.
   (B) ANY ELECTRIC GRID UTILIZATION METRICS PROPOSED BY A UTILITY CORPO-
 RATION  UNDER  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE: (I) THE
 RATIO OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PEAK LOAD TO  TOTAL  DISTRIBUTION  ELECTRIC
 GRID  CAPACITY;  (II)  THE  RATIO  OF CURRENT ELECTRIC LOAD DELIVERED TO
 TOTAL POTENTIAL DELIVERABLE ELECTRIC LOAD OVER THE DISTRIBUTION  SYSTEM;
 (III)  THE  PERCENTAGE  OF KILOWATT-HOURS OF ELECTRICITY LOST DURING THE
 DISTRIBUTION PROCESS OR BY THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; (IV) AN ANALYSIS  OF
 CONSTRAINED  CIRCUITS  ON THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; AND (V) AN EVALUATION
 OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AT SYSTEM PEAKS.
   (C) (I) IN EVALUATING  PETITIONS  MADE  UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE
 COMMISSION SHALL DETERMINE WHICH ELECTRIC GRID UTILIZATION METRICS SHALL
 BE  APPROVED,  HOW  SUCH METRICS MAY BE REASONABLY APPLIED AT THE FEEDER
 AND SUBSTATION LEVEL, AND HOW SUCH METRICS MAY  BE  REPORTED  IN  FUTURE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 9608                             2

 INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN FILINGS, AND SHALL INCLUDE, AS DEEMED APPROPRI-
 ATE  BY  THE COMMISSION, A REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT SEASONAL ASSESSMENTS OF
 ELECTRIC GRID UTILIZATION  AND  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  SUCH  ELECTRIC  GRID
 UTILIZATION METRICS.
   (II)  IN  APPROVING  ANY  ELECTRIC GRID UTILIZATION METRICS UNDER THIS
 PARAGRAPH, THE COMMISSION SHALL INCLUDE, AS APPROPRIATE: (1) A  TIMELINE
 FOR  EACH  UTILITY  CORPORATION TO INCREASE ELECTRIC GRID UTILIZATION IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED METRICS; AND (2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE  WAYS
 IN  WHICH  SUCH  METRICS  MAY  INFORM  THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION OF
 FUTURE UTILITY REQUESTS  FOR  APPROVAL  OF  COST  RECOVERY  FOR  CAPITAL
 INVESTMENTS.
   (III)  IN  SUBSEQUENT  INTEGRATED  RESOURCE PLAN FILINGS, EACH UTILITY
 SHALL INCLUDE AN ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT SYSTEM  PERFORMANCE  RELATIVE  TO
 EACH  PROPOSED  METRIC  AND  MAY  PROPOSE  NEW OR MODIFIED ELECTRIC GRID
 UTILIZATION METRICS FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL.
   2. (A) THE COMMISSION SHALL PRODUCE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO  THE  LEGISLA-
 TURE  AND THE GOVERNOR ON EACH UTILITY CORPORATION'S ASSESSMENT OF RELE-
 VANT GRID UTILIZATION METRICS AND PERFORMANCE AGAINST SUCH METRICS RELA-
 TIVE TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SECTION,  INCLUDING  THE  TIMELINE
 ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION FOR EACH SUCH UTILITY CORPORATION.
   (B)  IN  THE REPORT SUBMITTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 THE COMMISSION SHALL ALSO ANALYZE THE POTENTIAL FOR EACH UTILITY  CORPO-
 RATION  TO  INCREASE ELECTRIC GRID UTILIZATION THROUGH THE DEPLOYMENT OF
 NON-WIRES ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING: (I) ENERGY  STORAGE  RESOURCES;  (II)
 CUSTOMER-OWNED  OR  CUSTOMER-FINANCED  CAPACITY RESOURCES; (III) UTILITY
 CORPORATION-OWNED OR UTILITY CORPORATION-CONTRACTED  DISTRIBUTED  GENER-
 ATION  RESOURCES;  (IV)  VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS; (V) FLEXIBLE TRANSMISSION
 AND  TRANSMISSION  STATIC  SYNCHRONOUS  COMPENSATORS;  (VI)  SYNCHRONOUS
 CONDENSERS;  AND  (VII)  POWER QUALITY MONITORING EQUIPMENT INSTALLED AT
 THE POINT OF INTERCONNECTION  FOR  ALL  CUSTOMERS  WITH  A  MEASURED  OR
 CONTRACTED DEMAND OF TWENTY-FIVE MEGAWATTS OR GREATER.
   (C) IN CONDUCTING AN ANALYSIS UNDER PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 THE  COMMISSION  MAY REQUEST ANY INFORMATION NECESSARY FROM EACH UTILITY
 CORPORATION TO PROPERLY EVALUATE SUCH UTILITY  CORPORATION'S  DEPLOYMENT
 OF  NON-WIRES  ALTERNATIVES  OR  OTHER  METHODS TO IMPROVE ELECTRIC GRID
 UTILIZATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.