STATE OF NEW YORK
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93
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
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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-o to read as follows:
3 § 66-o. 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.
