Senate Bill S6670

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes remote net metering by farm and non-residential customer-generators using micro-hydroelectric generating equipment

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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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2011-S6670 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9560
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง66-j, Pub Serv L

2011-S6670 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes remote net metering by farm and non-residential customer-generators using micro-hydroelectric generating equipment.

2011-S6670 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6670 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6670

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 8, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. LITTLE, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and  Tele-
  communications

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to remote net energy
  metering  by farm and non-residential customer-generators using micro-
  hydroelectric generating equipment

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subparagraphs (vi) and (vii) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
sion 1 of section 66-j of the public service law, subparagraph  (vi)  as
added by chapter 546 of the laws of 2011, are redesignated subparagraphs
(vii) and (viii).
  S  2.  Subdivision  3  of  section  66-j  of the public service law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
  (F) A CUSTOMER WHO OWNS OR OPERATES A FARM OPERATION AS SUCH  TERM  IS
DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE AGRI-
CULTURE AND MARKETS LAW,  OR  A  NON-RESIDENTIAL  CUSTOMER-GENERATOR  AS
DEFINED  BY  SUBPARAGRAPH  (VIII) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION THAT LOCATES MICRO-HYDROELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT  WITH
A  NET ENERGY METER ON PROPERTY OWNED OR LEASED BY SUCH CUSTOMER-GENERA-
TOR MAY DESIGNATE ALL OR A PORTION OF THE NET METERING CREDITS GENERATED
BY SUCH EQUIPMENT TO METERS AT ANY PROPERTY  OWNED  OR  LEASED  BY  SUCH
CUSTOMER-GENERATOR  WITHIN  THE  SERVICE  TERRITORY OF THE SAME ELECTRIC
CORPORATION TO WHICH THE  CUSTOMER-GENERATOR'S  NET  ENERGY  METERS  ARE
INTERCONNECTED  AND BEING WITHIN THE SAME LOAD ZONE AS DETERMINED BY THE
LOCATION BASED MARGINAL PRICE AS OF THE DATE OF INITIAL REQUEST  BY  THE
CUSTOMER-GENERATOR  TO  CONDUCT  NET  METERING. THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION
WILL CREDIT THE ACCOUNTS OF THE CUSTOMER BY APPLYING ANY CREDITS TO  THE
HIGHEST  USE  METER  FIRST, THEN SUBSEQUENT HIGHEST USE METERS UNTIL ALL
SUCH CREDITS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CUSTOMER. ANY EXCESS CREDITS SHALL BE
CARRIED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14908-02-2

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