Assembly Bill A4997C

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to on-farm energy generation

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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-A4997 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3806
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-101, Energy L; amd §66-j, Pub Serv L

2013-A4997 - Summary

Relates to on-farm energy generation.

2013-A4997 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4997

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Energy

AN  ACT  to amend the energy law and the public service law, in relation
  to net-metering and on-farm energy generation

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

  Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "repower
New York farms act".
  S 2. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of  section  3-101  of  the  energy  law,
subdivisions  2 and 3 as amended by chapter 820 of the laws of 1976, are
amended to read as follows:
  1. to obtain and maintain an adequate and continuous supply  of  safe,
dependable  and  economical  energy  for  the people of the state and to
accelerate development and use within  the  state  of  renewable  energy
sources,  all in order to promote the state's economic growth, to create
employment within the state, to protect  its  environmental  values  AND
AGRICULTURAL  HERITAGE, to husband its resources for future generations,
and to promote the health and welfare of its people;
  2. to encourage conservation of energy in the construction and  opera-
tion  of new commercial, industrial, AGRICULTURAL and residential build-
ings, and in the rehabilitation of existing structures, through heating,
cooling, ventilation, lighting, insulation and design techniques and the
use of energy audits and life-cycle costing analysis;
  3. to encourage the use of performance standards in  all  energy-using
appliances,  and in industrial, AGRICULTURAL and commercial applications
of energy-using apparatus and processes;
  S 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of  section  66-j  of  the  public
service  law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
read as follows:
  (d) "Solar electric generating equipment" means a photovoltaic  system
(i) (A) in the case of a residential customer (OTHER THAN A FARM UTILIZ-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08712-01-3

2013-A4997A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3806
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-101, Energy L; amd §66-j, Pub Serv L

2013-A4997A - Summary

Relates to on-farm energy generation.

2013-A4997A - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4997--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Energy -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the energy law and the public service law,  in  relation
  to net-metering and on-farm energy generation

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "repower
New York farms act".
  S  2.  Subdivisions  1,  2  and  3 of section 3-101 of the energy law,
subdivisions 2 and 3 as amended by chapter 820 of the laws of 1976,  are
amended to read as follows:
  1.  to  obtain and maintain an adequate and continuous supply of safe,
dependable and economical energy for the people  of  the  state  and  to
accelerate  development  and  use  within  the state of renewable energy
sources, all in order to promote the state's economic growth, to  create
employment  within  the  state,  to protect its environmental values AND
AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE, to husband its resources for future  generations,
and to promote the health and welfare of its people;
  2.  to encourage conservation of energy in the construction and opera-
tion of new commercial, industrial, AGRICULTURAL and residential  build-
ings, and in the rehabilitation of existing structures, through heating,
cooling, ventilation, lighting, insulation and design techniques and the
use of energy audits and life-cycle costing analysis;
  3.  to  encourage the use of performance standards in all energy-using
appliances, and in industrial, AGRICULTURAL and commercial  applications
of energy-using apparatus and processes;
  S  3.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 1 of section 66-j of the public
service law, as amended by chapter 7 of the laws of 2010, is amended  to
read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08712-03-3

co-Sponsors

2013-A4997B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3806
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-101, Energy L; amd §66-j, Pub Serv L

2013-A4997B - Summary

Relates to on-farm energy generation.

2013-A4997B - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4997--B

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Energy -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from  said
  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
  ted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the energy law and the public service law,  in  relation
  to net-metering and on-farm energy generation

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "repower
New York farms act".
  S  2.  Subdivisions  1,  2  and  3 of section 3-101 of the energy law,
subdivisions 2 and 3 as amended by chapter 820 of the laws of 1976,  are
amended to read as follows:
  1.  to  obtain and maintain an adequate and continuous supply of safe,
dependable and economical energy for the people  of  the  state  and  to
accelerate  development  and  use  within  the state of renewable energy
sources, all in order to promote the state's economic growth, to  create
employment  within  the  state,  to protect its environmental values AND
AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE, to husband its resources for future  generations,
and to promote the health and welfare of its people;
  2.  to encourage conservation of energy in the construction and opera-
tion of new commercial, industrial, AGRICULTURAL and residential  build-
ings, and in the rehabilitation of existing structures, through heating,
cooling, ventilation, lighting, insulation and design techniques and the
use of energy audits and life-cycle costing analysis;
  3.  to  encourage the use of performance standards in all energy-using
appliances, and in industrial, AGRICULTURAL and commercial  applications
of energy-using apparatus and processes;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08712-05-3

A. 4997--B                          2

co-Sponsors

2013-A4997C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3806
Law Section:
Energy Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-101, Energy L; amd §66-j, Pub Serv L

2013-A4997C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to on-farm energy generation.

2013-A4997C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4997--C

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HEVESI,  GABRYSZAK, GUNTHER -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on  Energy  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
  reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the energy law and the public service law, in relation
  to net-metering and on-farm energy generation

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

  Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "repower
New York farms act".
  S 2. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of  section  3-101  of  the  energy  law,
subdivisions  2 and 3 as amended by chapter 820 of the laws of 1976, are
amended to read as follows:
  1. to obtain and maintain an adequate and continuous supply  of  safe,
dependable  and  economical  energy  for  the people of the state and to
accelerate development and use within  the  state  of  renewable  energy
sources,  all in order to promote the state's economic growth, to create
employment within the state, to protect  its  environmental  values  AND
AGRICULTURAL  HERITAGE, to husband its resources for future generations,
and to promote the health and welfare of its people;
  2. to encourage conservation of energy in the construction and  opera-
tion  of new commercial, industrial, AGRICULTURAL and residential build-
ings, and in the rehabilitation of existing structures, through heating,
cooling, ventilation, lighting, insulation and design techniques and the
use of energy audits and life-cycle costing analysis;
  3. to encourage the use of performance standards in  all  energy-using
appliances,  and in industrial, AGRICULTURAL and commercial applications
of energy-using apparatus and processes;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08712-06-3

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