S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7712
I N S E N A T E
May 4, 2010
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Introduced by Sen. THOMPSON -- 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 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.
LBD15453-02-0
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S 1020-cc. Authority subject to certain provisions contained in the
state finance law, the public service law, the social services law and
the general municipal law. All contracts of the authority shall be
subject to the provisions of the state finance law relating to contracts
made by the state. The authority shall also establish rules and regu-
lations with respect to providing to its residential gas, electric and
steam utility customers those rights and protections provided in article
two and sections one hundred seventeen and one hundred eighteen of the
public service law and section one hundred thirty-one-s of the social
services law. THE AUTHORITY SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
SIXTY-SIX-J OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW. The authority shall let contracts
for construction or purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment pursu-
ant to section one hundred three and paragraph (e) of subdivision four
of section one hundred twenty-w of the general municipal law.
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.