Bill Text: NY S00436 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a community solar pilot program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S00436 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00436-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           436
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN, ADDABBO, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Energy
          and Telecommunications
        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.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    4. All energy generated by the solar installation shall be  sold  back
     2  to an investor-owned utility.
     3    5.    One  percent of all payments due to subscribers shall be held by
     4  the commission to pay for the capital investment into the original solar
     5  installation. After the original installation has been paid in full, the
     6  one percent held by the commission shall  be  used  to  fund  new  solar
     7  installations in the same manner.
     8    6.  The  state shall retain ownership of the solar installation and of
     9  any renewable energy credits generated by the installation.
    10    7. Subscribers shall be paid for energy generated at the  retail  rate
    11  and not at the avoided-cost rate.
    12    8.  The  maximum  size of the installation shall be two thousand kilo-
    13  watts.
    14    9. Subscriptions may not be resold to any entity other than the state.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.