Bill Text: NY A08798 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to net energy metering standards for non-residential customers who own or operate farm waste electric generating equipment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-17 - signed chap.494 [A08798 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8798
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 14, 2014
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       Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Energy
       AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to net energy meter-
         ing  standards  for non-residential customers with farm waste electric
         generating equipment
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraphs (vii) and (viii) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
    2  sion  1 of section 66-j of the public service law, subparagraph (vii) as
    3  added and subparagraph (viii) as amended by chapter 546 of the  laws  of
    4  2011 and as redesignated by chapter 318 of the laws of 2012, are amended
    5  and a new subparagraph (ix) is added to read as follows:
    6    (vii)  a  residential customer of an electric corporation, who owns or
    7  operates micro-hydroelectric generating equipment located  and  used  at
    8  his  or  her  residence;  [and]  (viii) a non-residential customer of an
    9  electric corporation which owns or operates micro-hydroelectric generat-
   10  ing equipment located and used at its premises[.]; AND (IX) A  NON-RESI-
   11  DENTIAL  CUSTOMER OF AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION WHICH OWNS OR OPERATES FARM
   12  WASTE ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT LOCATED AND USED AT ITS PREMISES.
   13    S 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision  3  of  section
   14  66-j of the public service law, as amended by chapter 546 of the laws of
   15  2011, is amended to read as follows:
   16    (ii)  In  the  case of a customer-generator [who owns or operates farm
   17  waste electric generating equipment located and used at his or her "farm
   18  operation,"] AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (II) AND (IX) OF PARAGRAPH  (A)
   19  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION, up to a total amount of five thou-
   20  sand dollars per "farm operation" OR PREMISES; and
   21    S 3. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of  section  66-j  of  the  public
   22  service  law,  as amended by chapter 546 of the laws of 2011, is amended
   23  to read as follows:
   24    (e) A customer who owns or operates a farm operation as such  term  is
   25  defined  in subdivision eleven of section three hundred one of the agri-
   26  culture and markets law,  or  a  non-residential  customer-generator  as
   27  defined  by  subparagraph  (iii)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  this section, OR A NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER AS DEFINED  BY  SUBPARAGRAPH
    2  (IX)  OF  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION that locates
    3  solar electric generating equipment or farm  waste  electric  generating
    4  equipment  with  a  net energy meter on property owned or leased by such
    5  customer-generator may designate all or a portion of  the  net  metering
    6  credits  generated  by such equipment to meters at any property owned or
    7  leased by such customer-generator within the service  territory  of  the
    8  same  electric  corporation to which the customer-generator's net energy
    9  meters are interconnected and being within the same load zone as  deter-
   10  mined  by  the  location  based marginal price as of the date of initial
   11  request by the customer-generator to conduct net metering. The  electric
   12  corporation  will  credit  the  accounts of the customer by applying any
   13  credits to the highest use meter  first,  then  subsequent  highest  use
   14  meters until all such credits are attributed to the customer. Any excess
   15  credits shall be carried over to the following month.
   16    S  4.  The  opening paragraph of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of
   17  subdivision 5 of section 66-j of the public service law, as  amended  by
   18  chapter 546 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   19    In  the  case of a customer-generator [who owns or operates farm waste
   20  electric generating equipment located and used at his or her "farm oper-
   21  ation,"] AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS (II) AND (IX) OF PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
   22  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, an electric corporation may not require
   23  a  customer-generator  to  comply  with additional safety or performance
   24  standards, perform or pay for additional tests, or  purchase  additional
   25  liability insurance provided that:
   26    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.