Bill Text: NY A05553 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the net energy metering of solar, wind, fuel cell and farm waste electric generating systems for both residential and business customers; increases the rated capacity of eligible solar electric generating equipment to 2,000 kilowatts; provides for the metering and fees for such electric generating equipment.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to energy [A05553 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A05553-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5553
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 23, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, BENEDETTO, SWEENEY, REILLY, DESTITO,
JACOBS, MAISEL, J. RIVERA, MARKEY, GALEF, MILLMAN, CAHILL, GUNTHER,
LUPARDO, MAGNARELLI, SCHIMMINGER, HOOPER, O'DONNELL, ROSENTHAL,
BROOK-KRASNY, SPANO, TITONE, JAFFEE, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
M. of A. BING, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CALHOUN, COLTON, CONTE, COOK, GIGLIO,
GOTTFRIED, JEFFRIES, KOLB, LATIMER, P. LOPEZ, MAGEE, MAYERSOHN, McENE-
NY, PAULIN, PHEFFER, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
in relation to net energy metering for solar, wind, fuel cell and farm
waste electric generating systems; and to repeal section 66-l of the
public service law relating to net energy metering for residential
and/or farm service wind electric generating systems
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of
2 section 66-j of the public service law, as amended by chapter 355 of the
3 laws of 2009, paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 and subparagraphs (i) and
4 (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 7 of the
5 laws of 2010, and the opening paragraph of paragraph (e) of subdivision
6 1 as amended by chapter 336 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as
7 follows:
8 Net energy metering for [residential] solar, WIND, FUEL CELL OR farm
9 waste[, non-residential solar] electric generating systems, OR micro-
10 combined heat and power generating equipment[, or fuel cell electric
11 generating equipment]. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the
12 following terms shall have the following meanings:
13 (a) "Customer-generator" means: (i) [a residential] ANY customer of an
14 electric corporation, who owns or operates solar, WIND OR FUEL CELL
15 electric generating equipment, OR ANY HYBRID EQUIPMENT COMPOSED OF THESE
16 THREE TECHNOLOGIES located and used at his or her [residence] PREMISES;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (ii) a customer of an electric corporation, who owns or operates farm
2 waste electric generating equipment located and used at his or her "farm
3 operation," as such term is defined in subdivision eleven of section
4 three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law; AND (iii) [a non-
5 residential customer of an electric corporation which owns or operates
6 solar electric generating equipment located and used at its premises;
7 (iv)] a residential customer of an electric corporation who owns, leases
8 or operates micro-combined heat and power generating equipment located
9 on the customer's premises[; and (v) a residential customer of an elec-
10 tric corporation who owns, leases or operates fuel cell generating
11 equipment located on the customer's premises].
12 (b) "Net energy meter" means a meter that measures the reverse flow of
13 electricity to register the difference between the electricity supplied
14 by an electric corporation to the customer-generator and the electricity
15 provided to the corporation by that customer-generator.
16 (c) "Net energy metering" means the use of a net energy meter to meas-
17 ure, during the billing period applicable to a customer-generator, the
18 net amount of electricity supplied by an electric corporation and
19 provided to the corporation by a customer-generator.
20 (d) "Solar electric generating equipment" means a photovoltaic system
21 (i) [(A) in the case of a residential customer, with a rated capacity of
22 not more than twenty-five kilowatts; and (B) in the case of a non-resi-
23 dential customer,] with a rated capacity of not more than two thousand
24 kilowatts; and (ii) that is manufactured, installed, and operated in
25 accordance with applicable government and industry standards, that is
26 connected to the electric system and operated in [conjunction] PARALLEL
27 with an electric corporation's transmission and distribution facilities,
28 and that is operated in compliance with any standards and requirements
29 established under this section.
30 (e) "Farm waste electric generating equipment" means equipment that
31 generates electric energy from biogas produced by the anaerobic
32 digestion of agricultural waste, such as livestock manure, farming
33 wastes and food processing wastes with a rated capacity of not more than
34 [one] TWO thousand kilowatts, that is:
35 (i) manufactured, installed, and operated in accordance with applica-
36 ble government and industry standards;
37 (ii) connected to the electric system and operated in conjunction with
38 an electric corporation's transmission and distribution facilities;
39 (iii) operated in compliance with any standards and requirements
40 established under this section;
41 (iv) fueled at a minimum of ninety percent on an annual basis by
42 biogas produced from the anaerobic digestion of agricultural waste such
43 as livestock manure materials, crop residues, and food processing waste;
44 and
45 (v) fueled by biogas generated by anaerobic digestion with at least
46 fifty percent by weight of its feedstock being livestock manure materi-
47 als on an annual basis.
48 (f) "Micro-combined heat and power generating equipment" means an
49 integrated, cogenerating building heating and electrical power gener-
50 ation system, operating on any fuel and of any applicable engine, fuel
51 cell, or other technology, with a rated capacity of at least one kilo-
52 watt and not more than ten kilowatts electric and any thermal output
53 that at full load has a design total fuel use efficiency in the
54 production of heat and electricity of not less than eighty percent, and
55 annually produces at least two thousand kilowatt hours of useful energy
56 in the form of electricity that may work in combination with supple-
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1 mental or parallel conventional heating systems, that is manufactured,
2 installed and operated in accordance with applicable government and
3 industry standards, that is connected to the electric system and oper-
4 ated in conjunction with an electric corporation's transmission and
5 distribution facilities.
6 (g) "Fuel cell electric generating equipment" means a solid oxide,
7 molten carbonate, proton exchange membrane or phosphoric acid fuel cell
8 with a combined rated capacity of not more than [ten] TWO THOUSAND kilo-
9 watts that is manufactured, installed and operated in accordance with
10 applicable government and industry standards, that is connected to the
11 electric system and operated in parallel with an electric corporation's
12 transmission and distribution facilities, and that is operated in
13 compliance with any standards and requirements established under this
14 section.
15 (H) "WIND ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT" MEANS A WIND GENERATOR OR
16 GENERATORS WITH A COMBINED RATED CAPACITY OF NOT MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND
17 KILOWATTS THAT IS MANUFACTURED, INSTALLED AND OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE
18 WITH APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS, THAT IS CONNECTED TO
19 THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND OPERATED IN PARALLEL WITH AN ELECTRIC CORPO-
20 RATION'S TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES, AND THAT IS OPERATED
21 IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED UNDER THIS
22 SECTION.
23 (I) "ELECTRIC CORPORATION" MEANS ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATELY OWNED ENTITY
24 THAT OFFERS RETAIL ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO END-USE ELECTRIC CONSUMERS.
25 (J) "ELIGIBLE TECHNOLOGIES" MEANS THE SOLAR, WIND, FUEL CELL OR FARM
26 WASTE ELECTRIC GENERATING EQUIPMENT.
27 2. Interconnection and net energy metering. An electric corporation
28 shall provide for the interconnection of [solar and farm waste electric
29 generating equipment] ELIGIBLE TECHNOLOGIES, AND micro-combined heat and
30 power generating equipment [and fuel cell electric generating equipment]
31 owned or operated by a customer-generator and for net energy metering,
32 provided that the customer-generator enters into a net energy metering
33 contract with the corporation or complies with the corporation's net
34 energy metering schedule and complies with standards and requirements
35 established under this section.
36 3. Conditions of service. (a) [(i)] On or before three months after
37 the effective date of this section, each electric corporation shall
38 develop a model contract and file a schedule that establishes consistent
39 and reasonable rates, terms and conditions for net energy metering to
40 customer-generators, according to the requirements of this section. The
41 commission shall render a decision within three months from the date on
42 which the schedule is filed.
43 [(ii) On or before three months after the effective date of this
44 subparagraph, each electric corporation shall develop a model contract
45 and file a schedule that establishes consistent and reasonable rates,
46 terms and conditions for net energy metering to non-residential customer
47 generators, according to the requirements of this section. The commis-
48 sion shall render a decision within three months of the date on which
49 the schedule is filed.
50 (iii) Each electric corporation shall make such contract and schedule
51 available to customer-generators on a first come, first served basis,
52 until the total rated generating capacity for solar and farm waste elec-
53 tric generating equipment, micro-combined heat and power generating
54 equipment and fuel cell electric generating equipment owned, leased or
55 operated by customer-generators in the corporation's service area is
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1 equivalent to one percent of the corporation's electric demand for the
2 year two thousand five, as determined by the department.]
3 (b) [Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a corporation from
4 providing net energy metering to additional customer-generators. The
5 commission shall have the authority, after January first, two thousand
6 twelve, to increase the percent limits if it determines that additional
7 net energy metering is in the public interest.
8 (c) In the event that the electric corporation determines that it is
9 necessary to install a dedicated transformer or transformers, or other
10 equipment to protect the safety and adequacy of electric service
11 provided to other customers, a customer-generator shall pay the electric
12 corporation's actual costs of installing the transformer or transfor-
13 mers, or other equipment:
14 (i) In the case of a customer-generator who owns or operates solar
15 electric generating equipment, micro-combined heat and power generating
16 equipment or fuel cell electric generating equipment located and used at
17 his or her residence, or a non-residential customer-generator who owns
18 or operates solar electric generating equipment with a rated capacity of
19 not more than twenty-five kilowatts, up to a maximum amount of three
20 hundred fifty dollars;
21 (ii) In the case of a customer-generator who owns or operates farm
22 waste electric generating equipment located and used at his or her "farm
23 operation," up to a total amount of five thousand dollars per "farm
24 operation"; and
25 (iii) In the case of a non-residential customer-generator who owns or
26 operates solar electric generating equipment with a rated capacity of
27 more than twenty-five kilowatts located and used at its premises, such
28 cost shall be as determined by the electric corporation subject to
29 review, upon the request of such customer-generator, by the department.
30 (d)] An electric corporation shall impose no other charge or fee,
31 including, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, back-up, stand by and demand charges, for
32 the provision of net energy metering to a customer-generator, except as
33 provided in paragraph (d) of subdivision four of this section.
34 4. Rates. An electric corporation shall use net energy metering to
35 measure and charge for the net electricity supplied by the corporation
36 and provided to the corporation by a customer-generator, according to
37 these requirements:
38 (a) In the event that the amount of electricity supplied by the corpo-
39 ration during the billing period exceeds the amount of electricity
40 provided by a customer-generator, the corporation shall charge the
41 customer-generator for the net electricity supplied at the same rate per
42 kilowatt hour applicable to service provided to other customers in the
43 same service class which do not generate electricity onsite.
44 (b) In the event that the amount of electricity produced by a custom-
45 er-generator during the billing period exceeds the amount of electricity
46 used by the customer-generator, the corporation shall apply a credit to
47 the next bill for service to the customer-generator for the net elec-
48 tricity provided at the same rate per kilowatt hour applicable to
49 service provided to other customers in the same service class which do
50 not generate electricity onsite, except for micro-combined heat and
51 power or fuel cell customer-generators, who will be credited at the
52 corporation's avoided costs. The avoided cost credit provided to micro-
53 combined heat and power or fuel cell customer-generators shall be treat-
54 ed for ratemaking purposes as a purchase of electricity in the market
55 that is includable in commodity costs.
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1 (c) At the end of the year or annualized over the period that service
2 is supplied by means of net energy metering, the corporation shall
3 promptly issue payment at its avoided cost to the customer-generator, as
4 defined in subparagraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one
5 of this section, for the value of any remaining credit for the excess
6 electricity produced during the year or over the annualized period by
7 the customer-generator.
8 (d) In the event that the corporation imposes charges based on kilo-
9 watt demand on customers who are in the same service class as the
10 customer-generator but which do not generate electricity on site, the
11 corporation may impose the same charges at the same rates to the custom-
12 er-generator, provided, however, that the kilowatt demand for such
13 demand charges is determined by the maximum measured kilowatt demand
14 actually supplied by the corporation to the customer-generator during
15 the billing period.
16 (E) NET ENERGY METERING SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED USING A SINGLE METER
17 CAPABLE OF REGISTERING THE FLOW OF ELECTRICITY IN TWO DIRECTIONS. AN
18 ADDITIONAL METER OR METERS TO MONITOR THE FLOW OF ELECTRICITY IN EACH
19 DIRECTION MAY BE INSTALLED WITH THE CONSENT OF THE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR,
20 AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, AND THE ADDITIONAL METERING
21 SHALL BE USED ONLY TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO ACCURATELY
22 BILL OR CREDIT THE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (F) OF THIS
23 SUBDIVISION, OR TO COLLECT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INFORMATION ON THE ELIGI-
24 BLE TECHNOLOGY FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. IF THE EXISTING ELECTRICAL METER
25 OF AN ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR IS NOT CAPABLE OF MEASURING THE FLOW
26 OF ELECTRICITY IN TWO DIRECTIONS AND PROVIDED THE REASON THE METER IS
27 NOT CAPABLE OF MEASURING THE FLOW IN TWO DIRECTIONS IS NOT RELATED
28 EITHER TO A MECHANICAL DEVICE INSTALLED BY AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION OR
29 SUCH CORPORATION'S SELECTION OF A METER WITHOUT THIS CAPABILITY WHEN
30 OTHER METERS CAPABLE OF MEASURING THE FLOW OF ELECTRICITY IN TWO
31 DIRECTIONS WERE AVAILABLE TO THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, THE CUSTOMER-GEN-
32 ERATOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL EXPENSES INVOLVED IN PURCHASING AND
33 INSTALLING A METER THAT IS ABLE TO MEASURE THE FLOW OF ELECTRICITY IN
34 TWO DIRECTIONS. IF AN ADDITIONAL METER OR METERS ARE INSTALLED, THE NET
35 ENERGY METERING CALCULATION SHALL YIELD A RESULT IDENTICAL TO THAT OF A
36 SINGLE METER.
37 (F) EVERY ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL DEVELOP A STANDARD CONTRACT OR
38 TARIFF PROVIDING FOR NET ENERGY METERING, AND SHALL MAKE THIS CONTRACT
39 AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER-GENERATORS, UPON REQUEST. EVERY ELECTRIC
40 CORPORATION SHALL ENSURE THAT REQUESTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NET ENERGY
41 METERING ARE PROCESSED IN A TIME PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING THAT FOR SIMILARLY
42 SITUATED CUSTOMERS REQUESTING NEW ELECTRIC SERVICE, BUT NOT TO EXCEED
43 ONE MONTH FROM THE DATE THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION RECEIVES A COMPLETED
44 APPLICATION FORM FROM AN ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR. IF AN ELECTRIC
45 CORPORATION IS UNABLE TO PROCESS THE REQUEST WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE TIME-
46 FRAME, THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL NOTIFY THE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR OF
47 THE REASON FOR ITS INABILITY TO PROCESS THE REQUEST AND THE DATE THE
48 REQUEST WILL BE COMPLETED. EVERY ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL MAKE ALL
49 NECESSARY FORMS AND CONTRACTS FOR NET ENERGY METERING AVAILABLE FOR
50 DOWNLOAD FROM THE INTERNET.
51 (G) EACH NET ENERGY METERING CONTRACT OR TARIFF SHALL BE IDENTICAL,
52 WITH RESPECT TO RATE STRUCTURE, ALL RETAIL RATE COMPONENTS AND ANY
53 MONTHLY CHARGES, TO THE CONTRACT OR TARIFF TO WHICH THE SAME CUSTOMER
54 WOULD BE ASSIGNED IF SUCH CUSTOMER WAS NOT AN ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER-GENERA-
55 TOR, EXCEPT THAT ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER-GENERATORS SHALL NOT BE ASSESSED
56 STANDBY CHARGES ON THE ELECTRICAL GENERATING CAPACITY OR THE
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1 KILOWATT-HOUR PRODUCTION OF AN ELIGIBLE TECHNOLOGY. THE CHARGES FOR ALL
2 RETAIL RATE COMPONENTS FOR ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER-GENERATORS SHALL BE BASED
3 EXCLUSIVELY ON THE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR'S NET KILOWATT-HOUR CONSUMPTION
4 OVER A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR'S
5 CHOICE OF ELECTRIC CORPORATION. ANY NEW OR ADDITIONAL DEMAND CHARGE,
6 STANDBY CHARGE, CUSTOMER CHARGE, MINIMUM MONTHLY CHARGE, INTERCONNECTION
7 CHARGE OR OTHER CHARGE THAT WOULD INCREASE AN ELIGIBLE
8 CUSTOMER-GENERATOR'S COSTS BEYOND THOSE OF OTHER CUSTOMERS IN THE RATE
9 CLASS TO WHICH THE ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR WOULD OTHERWISE BE
10 ASSIGNED ARE CONTRARY TO THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL NOT FORM
11 A PART OF NET ENERGY METERING CONTRACTS OR TARIFFS.
12 (H) FOR ALL ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER-GENERATORS TAKING SERVICE UNDER TARIFFS
13 EMPLOYING "TIME OF USE" RATES, ANY NET MONTHLY CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC-
14 ITY SHALL BE CALCULATED ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT OR TARIFF
15 TO WHICH THE SAME CUSTOMER WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO OR BE ELIGIBLE FOR IF
16 THE CUSTOMER WAS NOT AN ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR. WHEN THOSE SAME
17 CUSTOMER-GENERATORS ARE NET GENERATORS DURING ANY DISCRETE TIME OF USE
18 PERIOD, THE NET KILOWATT-HOURS PRODUCED SHALL BE VALUED AT THE SAME
19 PRICE PER KILOWATT-HOUR AS THE ELECTRIC CORPORATION WOULD CHARGE FOR
20 RETAIL KILOWATT-HOUR SALES DURING THAT SAME TIME OF USE PERIOD AND THAT
21 VALUE SHALL BE APPLIED AS A CREDIT TO ANY OF THE DISCRETE TIME OF USE
22 PERIODS UNDER THE TARIFF. IF THE ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER-GENERATOR'S TIME OF
23 USE ELECTRICAL METER IS UNABLE TO MEASURE THE FLOW OF ELECTRICITY IN TWO
24 DIRECTIONS, THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
25 APPLY.
26 5. Safety standards. (a) On or before three months after the effective
27 date of [this section, each electric corporation shall establish stand-
28 ards that are necessary for net energy metering and the interconnection
29 of residential solar or farm waste electric generating equipment,
30 micro-combined heat and power generating equipment and fuel cell elec-
31 tric generating equipment to its system and that the commission shall
32 determine are necessary for safe and adequate service and further the
33 public policy set forth in this section. Such standards may include but
34 shall not be limited to:
35 (i) equipment necessary to isolate automatically the residential
36 solar, farm waste, micro-combined heat and power and fuel cell electric
37 generating system from the utility system for voltage and frequency
38 deviations; and
39 (ii) a manual lockable disconnect switch provided by the customer-gen-
40 erator which shall be located on the outside of the customer's premises
41 and externally accessible for the purpose of isolating the residential
42 solar and farm waste electric generating equipment.
43 (b) Upon its own motion or upon a complaint, the commission, or its
44 designated representative, may investigate and make a determination as
45 to the reasonableness and necessity of the standards or responsibility
46 for compliance with the standards.
47 (i) In the case of a customer-generator who owns or operates solar
48 electric generating equipment located and used at his or her residence;
49 an electric corporation may not require a customer-generator to comply
50 with additional safety or performance standards, perform or pay for
51 additional tests, or purchase additional liability insurance provided
52 that the residential solar or farm waste electric generating equipment,
53 micro-combined heat and power generating equipment or fuel cell electric
54 generating equipment meets the safety standards established pursuant to
55 this paragraph.
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1 (ii) In the case of a customer-generator who owns or operates farm
2 waste electric generating equipment located and used at his or her "farm
3 operation," an electric corporation may not require a customer-generator
4 to comply with additional safety or performance standards, perform or
5 pay for additional tests, or purchase additional liability insurance
6 provided that:
7 1. the electric generating equipment meets the safety standards estab-
8 lished pursuant to this paragraph; and
9 2. the total rated generating capacity (measured in kW) of farm waste
10 electric generating equipment that provides electricity to the electric
11 corporation through the same local feeder line, does not exceed twenty
12 percent of the rated capacity of that local feeder line.
13 (iii) In the event that the total rated generating capacity of farm
14 waste electric generating equipment that provides electricity to the
15 electric corporation through the same local feeder line exceeds twenty
16 percent of the rated capacity of the local feeder line, the electric
17 corporation may require the customer-generator to comply with reasonable
18 measures to ensure safety of that local feeder line.] PARAGRAPH (B) OF
19 THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR INTERCON-
20 NECTION OF GENERATORS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT APPLICABLE INDUSTRY STANDARDS
21 INCLUDING IEEE 1541, AND BEST PRACTICES INCLUDED IN THE INTERSTATE
22 RENEWABLE ENERGY COUNCIL'S MODEL INTERCONNECTION RULES MR-12005. SUCH
23 STANDARDS SHALL NOT BE MORE RESTRICTIVE OF INTERCONNECTION THAN STAND-
24 ARDS ESTABLISHED IN FERC ORDERS 2006 AND 2006A AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
25 OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
26 (B) THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS ENSURING THAT SIMPLI-
27 FIED CONTRACTS WILL BE USED FOR THE INTERCONNECTION OF GENERATORS THAT
28 HAVE A PRODUCTION CAPACITY NOT EXCEEDING TWO THOUSAND KILOWATTS AND
29 SHALL CONSIDER THE BEST PRACTICES FOR CONSUMER FRIENDLY CONTRACTS
30 ADOPTED BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF STATE UTILITY REGULATORS. SUCH
31 CONTRACTS SHALL NOT REQUIRE LIABILITY OR OTHER INSURANCE IN EXCESS OF
32 WHAT IS TYPICALLY CARRIED BY CUSTOMER-GENERATORS FOR GENERAL LIABILITY.
33 S 2. Section 66-l of the public service law is REPEALED.
34 S 3. Subdivision (h) of section 1020-g of the public authorities law,
35 as amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
36 follows:
37 (h) To implement programs and policies designed to provide for the
38 interconnection of: (i) [(A)] solar, WIND, FUEL CELL OR FARM WASTE elec-
39 tric generating equipment owned or operated by [residential customers,
40 (B) farm waste electric generating equipment owned or operated by
41 customer-generators, (C) solar electric generating equipment owned or
42 operated by non-residential customers, (D)] CUSTOMER-GENERATORS, (II)
43 micro-combined heat and power generating equipment owned, leased or
44 operated by residential customers, and [(E)] (III) fuel cell electric
45 generating equipment owned, leased or operated by residential customers,
46 and for net energy metering consistent with section sixty-six-j of the
47 public service law, to increase the efficiency of energy end use, to
48 shift demand from periods of high demand to periods of low demand and to
49 facilitate the development of cogeneration[; and (ii) wind electric
50 generating equipment owned or operated by customer-generators and for
51 net energy metering consistent with section sixty-six-l of the public
52 service law].
53 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
