Bill Text: NY S03917 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the rates paid for net-metering; makes the rates paid by micro-combined heat and power or fuel cell customer-generators the same as other customer-generators.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S03917 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03917-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3917
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 20, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 the rates paid
         for micro-combined heat and power or fuel cell customer-generators
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  4 of section 66-j of the
    2  public service law, as amended by chapter 494 of the laws  of  2014,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (b)  In the event that the amount of electricity produced by a custom-
    5  er-generator during the billing period exceeds the amount of electricity
    6  used by the customer-generator, the corporation shall apply a credit  to
    7  the  next  bill  for service to the customer-generator for the net elec-
    8  tricity provided at the  same  rate  per  kilowatt  hour  applicable  to
    9  service  provided  to other customers in the same service class which do
   10  not generate electricity onsite, except  for  [micro-combined  heat  and
   11  power  or fuel cell customer-generators or] farm waste generating equip-
   12  ment customer-generators as described in subparagraph (ix) of  paragraph
   13  (a)  of  subdivision  one  of  this section, who will be credited at the
   14  corporation's  avoided  costs.  The  avoided  cost  credit  provided  to
   15  [micro-combined heat and power or fuel cell customer-generators or] farm
   16  waste  generating equipment customer-generators as described in subpara-
   17  graph (ix) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section shall  be
   18  treated  for  ratemaking  purposes  as  a purchase of electricity in the
   19  market that is includable in commodity costs.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   21  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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