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                                   7316
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
   Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing for
   the  inspection  of  residential  electric  generating  equipment  and
   providing grants for the installation and interconnection thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 1020-g of the public authorities
 law,  as  amended by chapter 546 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (h) (I) To implement programs and policies designed to provide for the
 interconnection of: [(i)] (A) (1) solar  electric  generating  equipment
 owned  or  operated by residential customers, [(B)] (2) farm waste elec-
 tric generating equipment  owned  or  operated  by  customer-generators,
 [(C)]  (3)    solar  electric  generating equipment owned or operated by
 non-residential customers,  [(D)]  (4)  micro-combined  heat  and  power
 generating equipment owned, leased or operated by residential customers,
 [(E)] (5) fuel cell electric generating equipment owned, leased or oper-
 ated  by residential customers, and [(F)] (6) micro-hydroelectric gener-
 ating equipment owned, leased or operated by customer-generators and for
 net energy metering consistent with section sixty-six-j  of  the  public
 service  law,  to  increase  the  efficiency of energy end use, to shift
 demand from periods of high demand to  periods  of  low  demand  and  to
 facilitate the development of cogeneration; and [(ii)] (B) wind electric
 generating  equipment  owned  or operated by customer-generators and for
 net energy metering consistent with section sixty-six-l  of  the  public
 service law.
   (II)(A)  TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY QUALIFIED
 TO INSPECT THE INTERCONNECTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF ELECTRIC  GENER-
 ATING  EQUIPMENT INSTALLED PURSUANT TO THE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES ADOPTED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHEN THE  CUSTOMER-GENERA-
 TOR  RECEIVES  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  FROM  THE AUTHORITY. ALL FINANCIAL
 ASSISTANCE BY THE AUTHORITY FOR THE INSTALLATION AND INTERCONNECTION  OF
 ELECTRIC  GENERATING  EQUIPMENT  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO THE INSPECTION AND
 APPROVAL OF SUCH EQUIPMENT BY THE INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR.
   (B) IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED  BY  THE
 AUTHORITY  FOR  THE  INSTALLATION  AND  INTERCONNECTION  OF THE ELECTRIC
 GENERATING EQUIPMENT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE
 AUTHORITY SHALL PROVIDE A GRANT OF NOT MORE THAN THREE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS
 FOR EACH INSPECTED AND APPROVED INSTALLATION.
   §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 1855-a to read as follows:
   § 1855-A. INTERCONNECTION OF ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT.  1.    THE
 AUTHORITY  SHALL  ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND POLICIES DESIGNED
 FOR THE INTERCONNECTION OF:
   (A)(I) SOLAR ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT OWNED OR OPERATED BY  RESI-
 DENTIAL  CUSTOMERS,  (II) FARM WASTE ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT OWNED
 OR OPERATED BY  CUSTOMER-GENERATORS,  (III)  SOLAR  ELECTRIC  GENERATING
 EQUIPMENT  OWNED  OR  OPERATED BY NON-RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, (IV) MICRO-
 COMBINED HEAT AND POWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT OWNED, LEASED  OR  OPERATED
 BY  RESIDENTIAL  CUSTOMERS, AND (V) FUEL CELL ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIP-
 MENT OWNED, LEASED OR OPERATED BY RESIDENTIAL  CUSTOMERS,  AND  FOR  NET
 ENERGY  METERING  CONSISTENT  WITH  SECTION  SIXTY-SIX-J  OF  THE PUBLIC
 SERVICE LAW, TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF  ENERGY  END  USE,  TO  SHIFT
 DEMAND  PERIODS FROM HIGH DEMAND TO PERIODS OF LOW DEMAND AND TO FACILI-
 TATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF COGENERATION; AND
   (B) WIND ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT OWNED OR OPERATED BY  CUSTOMER-
 GENERATORS  AND  FOR  NET ENERGY METERING CONSISTENT WITH SECTION SIXTY-
 SIX-L OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW.
   2. (A) THE AUTHORITY SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH  AN  INDEPENDENT
 ENTITY QUALIFIED TO INSPECT THE INTERCONNECTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF
 ELECTRIC  GENERATING  EQUIPMENT  INSTALLED  PURSUANT TO THE PROGRAMS AND
 POLICIES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION  WHEN  THE
 CUSTOMER-GENERATOR RECEIVES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE AUTHORITY. ALL
 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BY THE AUTHORITY FOR THE INSTALLATION AND INTERCON-
 NECTION  OF  ELECTRIC  GENERATING  EQUIPMENT  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO THE
 INSPECTION AND APPROVAL OF SUCH EQUIPMENT BY THE INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR.
   (B) IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED  BY  THE
 AUTHORITY  FOR  THE  INSTALLATION  AND  INTERCONNECTION  OF THE ELECTRIC
 GENERATING EQUIPMENT DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION,  THE
 AUTHORITY  SHALL  PROVIDE A GRANT OF NOT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS
 FOR EACH INSPECTED AND APPROVED INSTALLATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such date.