Assembly Bill A312

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to ensuring net metering is a compensation floor for residential producers of energy

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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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2021-A312 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§66-j & 66-l, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11195
2019-2020: A309
2023-2024: A4418
2025-2026: A815

2021-A312 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to ensuring net metering is a compensation floor for residential producers of energy.

2021-A312 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    312
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DeSTEFA-
   NO, DICKENS, ENGLEBRIGHT, FERNANDEZ, SIMON -- read once  and  referred
   to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public service law, in relation to ensuring net
   metering is maintained as a compensation floor for residential produc-
   ers of energy
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 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:
   6. Electric restructuring.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this
 section,  including,  but  not  limited  to paragraph (b) of subdivision
 three of this section, a customer-generator shall comply with any appli-
 cable determinations of the commission relating to restructuring of  the
 electric  industry.  HOWEVER, CUSTOMER-GENERATORS SHALL NEVER BE COMPEN-
 SATED AT A VALUE LESS THAN WOULD EXIST UNDER NET ENERGY METERING.
   § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 66-l  of  the  public  service  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  721  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
 follows:
   6. Electric restructuring.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this
 section,  including,  but  not  limited  to paragraph (c) of subdivision
 three of this section, a customer-generator shall comply with any appli-
 cable determinations of the commission relating to restructuring of  the
 electric  industry.  HOWEVER, CUSTOMER-GENERATORS SHALL NEVER BE COMPEN-
 SATED AT A VALUE LESS THAN WOULD EXIST UNDER NET ENERGY METERING.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03999-01-1

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