Bill Text: NY A06687 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the Long Island power authority and the New York state energy research and development authority to contract with an independent entity to inspect residential electric generating equipment; prohibits the provision of financial assistance for any such equipment unless it is inspected and approved by such independent inspector; directs both such authorities to provide grants of up to $300 for the installation and interconnection of such equipment.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to energy [A06687 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A06687-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6687 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 15, 2017 ___________ 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: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 1020-g of the public authorities 2 law, as amended by chapter 546 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 (h) (i) To implement programs and policies designed to provide for the 5 interconnection of: [(i)] (A) (1) solar electric generating equipment 6 owned or operated by residential customers, [(B)] (2) farm waste elec- 7 tric generating equipment owned or operated by customer-generators, 8 [(C)] (3) solar electric generating equipment owned or operated by 9 non-residential customers, [(D)] (4) micro-combined heat and power 10 generating equipment owned, leased or operated by residential customers, 11 [(E)] (5) fuel cell electric generating equipment owned, leased or oper- 12 ated by residential customers, and [(F)] (6) micro-hydroelectric gener- 13 ating equipment owned, leased or operated by customer-generators and for 14 net energy metering consistent with section sixty-six-j of the public 15 service law, to increase the efficiency of energy end use, to shift 16 demand from periods of high demand to periods of low demand and to 17 facilitate the development of cogeneration; and [(ii)] (B) wind electric 18 generating equipment owned or operated by customer-generators and for 19 net energy metering consistent with section sixty-six-l of the public 20 service law. 21 (ii)(A) To enter into a contract with an independent entity qualified 22 to inspect the interconnection and energy efficiency of electric gener- 23 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. LBD03515-01-7A. 6687 2 1 pursuant to paragraph (i) of this subdivision when the customer-genera- 2 tor receives financial assistance from the authority. All financial 3 assistance by the authority for the installation and interconnection of 4 electric generating equipment shall be subject to the inspection and 5 approval of such equipment by the independent inspector. 6 (B) In addition to any other financial assistance provided by the 7 authority for the installation and interconnection of the electric 8 generating equipment described in paragraph (i) of this subdivision, the 9 authority shall provide a grant of not more than three hundred dollars 10 for each inspected and approved installation. 11 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 12 1855-a to read as follows: 13 § 1855-a. Interconnection of electric generating equipment. 1. The 14 authority shall establish and implement programs and policies designed 15 for the interconnection of: 16 (a)(i) solar electric generating equipment owned or operated by resi- 17 dential customers, (ii) farm waste electric generating equipment owned 18 or operated by customer-generators, (iii) solar electric generating 19 equipment owned or operated by non-residential customers, (iv) micro- 20 combined heat and power generating equipment owned, leased or operated 21 by residential customers, and (v) fuel cell electric generating equip- 22 ment owned, leased or operated by residential customers, and for net 23 energy metering consistent with section sixty-six-j of the public 24 service law, to increase the efficiency of energy end use, to shift 25 demand periods from high demand to periods of low demand and to facili- 26 tate the development of cogeneration; and 27 (b) wind electric generating equipment owned or operated by customer- 28 generators and for net energy metering consistent with section sixty- 29 six-l of the public service law. 30 2. (a) The authority shall enter into a contract with an independent 31 entity qualified to inspect the interconnection and energy efficiency of 32 electric generating equipment installed pursuant to the programs and 33 policies adopted pursuant to subdivision one of this section when the 34 customer-generator receives financial assistance from the authority. All 35 financial assistance by the authority for the installation and intercon- 36 nection of electric generating equipment shall be subject to the 37 inspection and approval of such equipment by the independent inspector. 38 (b) In addition to any other financial assistance provided by the 39 authority for the installation and interconnection of the electric 40 generating equipment described in subdivision one of this section, the 41 authority shall provide a grant of not more than three hundred dollars 42 for each inspected and approved installation. 43 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 44 it shall have become a law; provided that, effective immediately, any 45 actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effec- 46 tive date are authorized and directed to be completed on or before such 47 date.
