NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1079

Senate Bill S1079

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to net metering standards for municipal landfills and waste water treatment facilities

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2017-S1079 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4469
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §66-j, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S5430, A7576
2019-2020: S22

2017-S1079 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to net metering standards for municipal landfills and waste water treatment facilities.

2017-S1079 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1079

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to net metering
standards for municipal landfills and waste water treatment facilities

 PURPOSE :

To allow municipal landfills and water treatment facilities the option
of offsetting their energy costs by producing their own energy and
feeding it back into the grid.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends § 66-j of the public services law by adding the
phrase "landfills and publicly owned treatment works to the net
metering law.

Section 2 amends § 66-j of the public services law by adding a new
subdivision (i), which provides the definition of a landfill. amends §
66-j of the public services law by adding a new subdivision (j) which
provides the definition of publicly owned treatment works.  amends §
66-j of the public services law by adding a new subdivision (k) which
provides the definition of waist fueled electric generating equipment.

Section 3 sets forth the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

This bill broadens net metering law in New York State to include
energy generated at county or municipal landfills and water treatment
facilities as electricity power companies must purchase back upon the
county or municipalities request. According to the National Conference
of State Legislatures (NCSL), forty-four states have implemented
net-metering policies. This reflects a national trend in which states
see the value of net-metering is an economically viable and
environmentally sound principle.

In the case of this bill, counties and municipalities will save money
by producing their own energy that is sent back into the energy grid.
Landfills and water treatment facilities will be able to trap the
methane gas released from waste and convert it to a renewable energy
source. In addition, energy produced by utility companies will no
longer have to be exported to other states. Net metering allows for
the same energy to circulate within local power grids, as utilities no
longer have to produce an excess in order to avoid losing money.

The use of solar panels on the rooftops of residential homes is
currently the most common form of net metering. Governor Cuomo's one
billion dollar "NY-Sun Incentive Program" in 2014 has also encouraged
businesses to invest in solar energy, which may be eligible for
net-metering. By expanding the definition of net metering, counties
and municipalities will be given the same opportunity to reduce energy
costs that residential and commercial facilities have already been
given.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015/2016 - Passed Senate

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S1079 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1079
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. VALESKY, AVELLA -- 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 net metering
   standards for municipal landfills and waste water treatment facilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The section heading of section 66-j of the public service
 law, as amended by chapter 546 of the laws of 2011, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   Net energy metering for residential solar, farm waste, non-residential
 solar  electric generating systems, micro-combined heat and power gener-
 ating equipment, fuel cell electric generating equipment,  [and]  micro-
 hydroelectric  generating equipment AND WASTE FUELED ELECTRIC GENERATING
 EQUIPMENT AT MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS AND PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section  66-j  of  the  public  service  law  is
 amended  by  adding  three  new  paragraphs  (i), (j) and (k) to read as
 follows:
   (I) "LANDFILL" MEANS A DISPOSAL FACILITY OR PART OF A  FACILITY  WHERE
 SOLID  WASTE,  AS  DEFINED  IN 6 NYCRR 360-1.2(A)(1), IS PLACED IN OR ON
 LAND, AND WHICH IS NOT A LAND TREATMENT FACILITY, A SURFACE IMPOUNDMENT,
 OR AN INJECTION WELL, WHICH IS OWNED OR OPERATED BY A MUNICIPAL  GOVERN-
 MENT  OR  BY  A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-W OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
   (J) "PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS" MEANS A FACILITY FOR THE  PURPOSE
 OF  TREATING, NEUTRALIZING OR STABILIZING SEWAGE, INCLUDING TREATMENT OR
 DISPOSAL PLANTS, THE NECESSARY INTERCEPTING, OUTFALL AND OUTLET  SEWERS,
 PUMPING  STATIONS  INTEGRAL  TO  SUCH  PLANTS  OR  SEWERS, EQUIPMENT AND
 FURNISHINGS THEREOF AND THEIR APPURTENANCES WHICH IS OWNED  OR  OPERATED
 BY A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OR BY A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED
 UNDER SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06985-01-7

 S. 1079                             2
 
   (K)  "WASTE FUELED ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT" MEANS EQUIPMENT THAT
 GENERATES  ELECTRIC  ENERGY  FROM  BIOGAS  PRODUCED  BY  THE   ANAEROBIC
 DIGESTION  OF:   WASTE, REFUSE, HOUSEHOLD OR MIXED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
 IN  A  LANDFILL  GAS  RECOVERY  FACILITY,  AS   DEFINED   IN   6   NYCRR
 360-1.2(B)(96),    WASTEWATER,   SLUDGE,   AS   DEFINED   IN   6   NYCRR
 360-1.2(B)(155),  AND  DOMESTIC  SEWAGE,   AS   DEFINED   IN   6   NYCRR
 360-1.2(B)(53), THAT IS:
   (I)  MANUFACTURED, INSTALLED, AND OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICA-
 BLE GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS;
   (II) CONNECTED TO THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
 AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION'S TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES;
   (III) OPERATED IN  COMPLIANCE  WITH  ANY  STANDARDS  AND  REQUIREMENTS
 ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS SECTION;
   (IV)  FUELED  AT  A  MINIMUM  OF  NINETY PERCENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY
 BIOGAS PRODUCED FROM THE  ANAEROBIC  DIGESTION  OF  HOUSEHOLD  OR  MIXED
 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, SLUDGE, WASTEWATER, DOMESTIC SEWAGE, AGRICULTURAL
 WASTE  SUCH AS LIVESTOCK MANURE MATERIALS, CROP RESIDUES, AND FOOD PROC-
 ESSING WASTE;
   (V) OWNED AND OPERATED BY  A  MUNICIPAL  GOVERNMENT  OR  BY  A  PUBLIC
 PRIVATE  PARTNERSHIP  ESTABLISHED  UNDER SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-W OF
 THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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David J. Valesky