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- Referred to energy and telecommunications
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.27
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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Relates to rate schedules for net energy metering
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Andrew Hevesi
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S2498
Title of bill
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to rate schedules for net energy metering
Purpose or general idea of bill
Currently, Sections 66-j and 66-1 of the Public Service law set limits of 1% and 3/10 of 1% respectively on the number of customers who can access net metering in a particular utility service territory. This bill would raise the caps to 5% and 2%.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends section 66-j of the public service law to increase the cap on the number of net metered systems from 1% of households in a particular service territory to 5%.
Section 2 amends section 66-1 of the public service law to increase the cap on the number of net metered systems from 3/10 of 1% of households in a particular service territory to 2%.
Section 3 sets forth the effective date
Justification
Starting in 1997, New York State began to allow customers to utilize net metering to promote renewable energy while reducing their utility bills. While the initial law affected only residential photovoltaic systems up to 10KW, the Legislature has vastly expanded net metering since then, with major amendments to the law in 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2011. The intent of all of these amendments was to increase access to net metering for different classes of customers, expand the size of the systems allowed, add new technologies and allow for credits to be applied to multiple meters owned by the same customer generator.
Net Metering is a straightforward method of encouraging customer investment in renewable energy. Without net metering, there is far less incentive for residences or small businesses to invest in on-site generation.
Since demand for net metering is increasing, the caps currently in statute are out-dated and need to be drastically increased. In recent years, we have seen instances where the current caps have been reached and while the PSC review process proceeded, new customers were not allowed to utilize net metering. By increasing the cap, we are expanding the universe of people who can easily access net metering and thereby expanding renewable energy generation, reducing emissions and decreasing consumer's utility bills.
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New Legislation
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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