Assembly Actions -
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Mar 12, 2010 |
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Assembly Bill A10245
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Earlene Hooper
Ginny Fields
Frank Skartados
Aileen Gunther
multi-Sponsors
Marc Alessi
Jeffrion Aubry
William Boyland
Phil Boyle
2009-A10245 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A10245 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Eliminates any requirement that solar electric generating equipment of less than 25 kilowatts have an external disconnect switch, so long as such equipment complies with the interconnection standards of the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.; makes the provisions relating to net energy metering applicable to the Long Island power authority.
2009-A10245 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10245 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law and the public authorities law, in relation to external disconnect switches on solar electric generating equipment PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To eliminate any requirement that solar electric generating equipment of less than 25 kilowatts have an external disconnect switch. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: : Under no circumstances shall such standards require the use of such a manual lockable disconnect switch on residential solar electric equipment of not more than twenty-five kilo- watts, when such equipment is in compliance with Underwriters Laborato- ries interconnection standard 1747. The authority shall comply with the provisions of section sixty-six-j of the public service law. JUSTIFICATION: In February 2009, the state's Public Service Commission issued a ruling requiring that all utility companies eliminate the requirement for the external disconnect switch used in solar installa- tions sized 25kW and smaller. Since that ruling, all the state's utility companies have complied however the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), a state owned utility company, has not.
2009-A10245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10245 I N A S S E M B L Y March 12, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, HOOPER, FIELDS, SKARTADOS, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, MAISEL, CASTRO, MARKEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALES- SI, AUBRY, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, GORDON, MAGEE, McENENY, REILLY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law, in relation to external disconnect switches on solar electric generat- ing equipment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 66-j of the public service law, as amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (ii) a manual lockable disconnect switch provided by the customer-gen- erator which shall be located on the outside of the customer's premises and externally accessible for the purpose of isolating the residential solar and farm waste electric generating equipment. HOWEVER, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SUCH STANDARDS REQUIRE THE USE OF SUCH A MANUAL LOCKABLE DISCONNECT SWITCH ON RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OF NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE KILOWATTS, WHEN SUCH EQUIPMENT IS IN COMPLI- ANCE WITH UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INTERCONNECTION STANDARD 1747. S 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 5-a of section 66-j of the public service law, as amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (ii) a manual lockable disconnect switch provided by the customer-gen- erator which shall be located on the outside of the customer-generator's premises and externally accessible for the purpose of isolating the solar electric generating equipment. HOWEVER, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SUCH STANDARDS REQUIRE THE USE OF SUCH A MANUAL LOCKABLE DISCON- NECT SWITCH ON NON-RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OF NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE KILOWATTS, WHEN SUCH EQUIPMENT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH UNDER- WRITERS LABORATORIES INTERCONNECTION STANDARD 1747. S 3. Section 1020-cc of the public authorities law, as added by chap- ter 517 of the laws of 1986 and as renumbered by chapter 334 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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