Bill Text: NY A01281 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a community solar pilot program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to energy [A01281 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01281-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1281
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Energy
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in  relation  to  the  community
          solar pilot program
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  66-p to read as follows:
     3    §  66-p. Community solar pilot program. 1. The commission shall estab-
     4  lish a New York state pilot program promoting the use of community solar
     5  energy.
     6    2. The commission  shall  oversee  the  implementation  of  the  pilot
     7  program  and  shall  issue  an  order  of the commission authorizing the
     8  construction of a solar installation.
     9    3. The commission shall invite consumers to participate in the program
    10  as subscribers, provided that:
    11    a. the commission shall set a  subscription  schedule,  including  the
    12  price per watt to subscribe and the percentage of the total installation
    13  each subscription level shall represent;
    14    b. subscribers shall make a one time payment to the commission and, in
    15  return,  subscribers  shall  be paid a quarterly dividend for the energy
    16  generated by the watts covered by their subscription level;
    17    c. a consumer shall be paid on a quarterly basis based on the  consum-
    18  er's subscription level;
    19    d.  the commission shall set a maximum number of subscriptions at each
    20  level; and
    21    e. the minimum price per subscription shall not  exceed  five  hundred
    22  dollars.
    23    4.  All  energy generated by the solar installation shall be sold back
    24  to an investor-owned utility.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01319-01-9
        A. 1281                             2
     1    5.  One percent of all payments due to subscribers shall  be  held  by
     2  the commission to pay for the capital investment into the original solar
     3  installation. After the original installation has been paid in full, the
     4  one  percent  held  by  the  commission  shall be used to fund new solar
     5  installations in the same manner.
     6    6.  The  state shall retain ownership of the solar installation and of
     7  any renewable energy credits generated by the installation.
     8    7. Subscribers shall be paid for energy generated at the  retail  rate
     9  and not at the avoided-cost rate.
    10    8.  The  maximum  size of the installation shall be two thousand kilo-
    11  watts.
    12    9. Subscriptions may not be resold to any entity other than the state.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.