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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Mar 25, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S4500
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2015-S4500 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Energy And Telecommunications
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§66-j & 66-l, Pub Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S6957
2017-2018: S3398
2019-2020: S3579
2015-S4500 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4500 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to net energy metering PURPOSE: To clarify existing law to make it clear that a customer who leases a renewable energy system or has participates in a power purchase agreement is entitled to the full benefits of the net metering law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends section 66-J of the public service law to change the definition of "customer generator" to cover leases and power purchase agreements. Section 2. makes the same conforming changes to another part of Section 66-J Section 3. makes the same conforming changes to another part of Section 66-J Section 4. makes an identical amendment to section 66-1 of the public service law JUSTIFICATION: Net energy metering has been ongoing in New York State since 1997. Since the initial law was passed the legislature has
2015-S4500 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4500 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 25, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu- nications AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to net energy meter- ing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 66-j of the public service law, as amended by chapter 546 of the laws of 2011, subparagraphs (iv) and (v) as separately amended and subparagraph (vi) as added by chapter 530 of the laws of 2011, subparagraphs (vii) and (viii) as amended and (ix) as added by chapter 494 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: (a) "Customer-generator" means: (i) a residential customer of an elec- tric corporation, who owns [or], LEASES, operates, OR IS ENTITLED TO THE OUTPUT FROM OR IS OTHERWISE SERVED BY solar electric generating equip- ment located and used at his or her residence; (ii) a customer of an electric corporation, who owns [or], LEASES, operates, OR IS ENTITLED TO THE OUTPUT FROM OR IS OTHERWISE SERVED BY farm waste electric generating equipment located and used at his or her "farm operation," as such term is defined in subdivision eleven of section three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law; (iii) a non-residential customer of an electric corporation which owns [or], LEASES, operates, OR IS ENTITLED TO THE OUTPUT FROM OR IS OTHERWISE SERVED BY solar electric generating equipment located and used at [its] premises IT OWNS OR LEASES; (iv) a residential customer of an electric corporation who owns, leases [or], operates OR IS ENTITLED TO THE OUTPUT FROM OR IS OTHERWISE SERVED BY micro-combined heat and power generating equipment located on the customer's premises; (v) a residential customer of an electric corpo- ration who owns, leases [or], operates OR IS ENTITLED TO THE OUTPUT FROM OR IS OTHERWISE SERVED BY fuel cell generating equipment located on the customer's premises; and (vi) a non-residential customer of an electric corporation who owns, leases [or], operates OR IS ENTITLED TO THE OUTPUT FROM OR IS OTHERWISE SERVED BY fuel cell generating equipment located
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