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Senator · Senate District 40
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- Referred to energy and telecommunications
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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BILL NUMBER:S4961
Title of bill
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to remote metering by farm service and non-residential customer-generators
Purpose
This legislation expands the scope of the state's net metering law to allow certain customers of an electric corporation (e.g. NYSEG, National Grid, etc.) to produce electricity at one location owned or under the control of the customer and designate another location of the same customer as the recipient or user of the electricity produced the "remote site". Under current law, utilities are required to provide for the interconnection and net energy metering of wind generating equipment owned or operated by a "customer-generator". Customer-generators include three categories: Residential, Farm service and Non-residential. This bill authorizes the Farm Service and Non-residential categories to avail themselves of the remote net metering procedure. Farms and school districts in the state are two of the types of customers that would be able to employ remote metering to reduce and/or eliminate all or part of an electric bill at one location and all or part of an electric bill at another location. Adoption of the legislation will allow customers to save money as they utilize a renewable energy source to reduce the amount of electricity they buy from the service providing utility.
Summary of provisions
The legislation sets forth the procedure for remote metering by authorizing the designation of net metering credit by a Farm service customer or a Non-residential customer of the use of such credit (up to 100% of the electricity generated at a "remote site") by a separate location having its own net energy meter and being owned by or under the control of the Farm service or Nonresidential customer. The bill contains a requirement that the meter to which the designation of any net metering credit is made shall be within a radius of 25 miles of the Wind electric generating equipment.
Justification
Bold and comprehensive energy reform is needed to reach standards set by New York to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Under this law farm owners, school districts and others will be able to generate electricity at one location and, via "net-remote metering", obtain credit for such electricity generation at another location.
Legislative history
A.104I7 of 2010
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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