Senate Bill S6957

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Redefines a "custom-generator" under the public service law

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6957 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§66-j & 66-l, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4500
2017-2018: S3398
2019-2020: S3579

2013-S6957 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Redefines a "custom-generator" under the public service law.

2013-S6957 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6957 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6957

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 9, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 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, and subparagraphs (vii) and
(viii) as redesignated by chapter 318 of the laws of 2012, 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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