What's happening
This bill requires utility companies to submit annual reports detailing energy metering, customer generation, and distributed energy sources to state officials.
Why it matters
Improves energy system transparency. by mandating detailed annual reporting on how much energy is produced by customers (like homes and businesses with solar panels) and what types of equipment and fuels are used, giving lawmakers and regulators clearer insight into the evolving energy landscape.
Highlights the growth and impact of distributed energy resources. (like rooftop solar or small wind turbines) by requiring utilities to disclose how much energy is produced from these sources and how much is present in their service territories, which can influence future energy policy and infrastructure planning.
Enables more informed oversight and policy decisions. by ensuring that key legislative and regulatory committees, including minority party representatives, receive comprehensive data, potentially leading to fairer and more effective regulation of utilities and distributed energy.
Recognizes all utility customer-generators. (not just large-scale producers) by including residential and commercial customers who generate their own electricity, ensuring the full scope of distributed generation is considered in state energy planning.
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History
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6295
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 11, 2017
Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 requiring utility corporations and entities to submit an annual report to the public service commission, the legislature, the executive and the chairman of the state energy planning board detailing energy metering production
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 66-o to read as follows:
§ 66-o. Reporting to the commission, the legislature, the executive and the chairman of the state energy planning board by utility corporations and entities. 1. Any utility corporation or entity entering into contracts or engaging in the sale or trade of energy metering shall file with the commission, the legislature, the executive and the chairman of the state energy planning board an annual report at a time and covering the yearly period fixed by the commission detailing the energy metering and interconnection between the utility and their customer-generators, the type of generating equipment producing and providing energy to the utility corporation or entity, and the net amount of energy produced by each customer-generator. Such report shall contain information detailing the amount of distributed energy sources within the service territory of any utility corporation or entity entering into contracts or engaging in the sale or trade of distributed energy sources, the annual amount of energy produced by such resources, the type of fuel used, and information on backup fuel systems. Such report shall be delivered directly to the chair of the corporations, authorities and commissions committee in the senate and assembly, the ranking minority member of the corporations, authorities and commissions committee in the senate and assembly, the chair of the energy and telecommunications
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committee in the senate, the ranking minority member of the energy and telecommunications committee in the senate, the chair of the energy committee in the assembly, the ranking minority member of the energy committee in the assembly, the chair of the renewable energy subcommittee in the assembly and the ranking minority member of the renewable energy subcommittee in the assembly.
2. For the purposes of this section, "customer-generator" shall mean any customer class of a utility corporation, including but not limited to residential and commercial, that is interconnected to the electric grid system and is producing energy on site.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring utility corporations and entities to submit an annual report to the public service commission, the legislature, the executive and the chairman of the state energy planning board detailing energy metering production
Purpose
In order to assess the landscape of current renewable energy use in New York State, this bill requires utility corporations and energy providing entities to annually report to policy makers the exact types, locations, and energy outputs of net metered energy produced in their service territories.
Summary of provisions
This legislation adds a new section, 66-o, to the public service law.
Justification
In order for policy makers to guide and enhance the use of renewable resources in New York State, we must first understand and analyze the states current use of on-site generation. This bill requires utilities and energy providing entities to report annually to the legislature and the Public Service Commission detailing the net energy metering and interconnection between the utility and customer-generators, the type of on-site generators (renewable sources), and the net amount of energy they produce.
Currently, there is no system of reporting in place to monitor the rate of renewable installation, the interconnection of these systems with their provider's grids, and the amount of power being sold back to the utility corporations and distributed within their service territory. This bill would require such reporting.
Any attempt to develop comprehensive renewable energy policy without first getting a realistic analysis of New York States' current renewable portfolio is likely to lead to scattershot, uninformed and myopic decisions.
New York State has the opportunity and the obligation to lead the country in the shift toward use of renewable resources. This bill is a requisite first step toward the development of sound and calculated government policy designed to achieve that end.
Legislative history
2011-2012. Referred to Energy and Telecommunications; Amended and recommitted to Energy and Telecommunications print number 1765A. 01/09/13 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 01/08/14 REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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