STATE OF NEW YORK
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3544--B
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 12, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, ADDABBO, HAMILTON, HOYLMAN, VALESKY -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Finance -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to direct the public service commission to issue an order govern-
ing the equitable sharing of interconnection costs for distributed
generation resources
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. No later than 365 days after the effective date of this
2 act, the public service commission shall issue an order governing the
3 equitable sharing of interconnection costs where two or more distributed
4 generation resources substantially utilize the same dedicated equipment,
5 including but not limited to dedicated electric cables, wires, circuits,
6 transformers and substations, which but for the operation of such
7 resources would not have been installed by an electric corporation.
8 2. For the purposes of this section, "distributed generation
9 resources" shall refer to:
10 (a) energy-generating equipment defined in paragraphs (d), (e), (f),
11 (g) and (h) of subdivision 1 of section 66-j of the public service law;
12 (b) energy-generating equipment defined in paragraph (f) of subdivi-
13 sion 1 of section 66-l of the public service law; and
14 (c) energy-generating equipment necessary for community net-metering
15 as established by the commission on or after July 17, 2015.
16 3. The order established by such commission shall include:
17 (a) the reasonable payment of costs to customer-generators and persons
18 who previously paid the costs of installing dedicated equipment required
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 for the interconnection of a distributed generation resource. The order
2 shall provide for cost-sharing payments under the following scenarios:
3 (i) an applicant who has received approval from his or her electric
4 corporation to interconnect a distributed generation resource which
5 would substantially utilize existing equipment paid for by one or more
6 customer-generators or persons owning or operating one or more distrib-
7 uted generation resources.
8 (ii) two or more applicants who have received approval from their
9 electric corporation to interconnect distributed generation resources
10 which would substantially utilize existing equipment paid for by one or
11 more customer-generators or persons owning or operating one or more
12 distributed generation resources.
13 (iii) one or more applicants who have received approval from their
14 electric corporation to interconnect distributed generation resources,
15 and seek to upgrade existing equipment paid for by one or more custom-
16 er-generators or persons owning or operating one or more distributed
17 generation resources, and under which all parties would substantially
18 utilize such upgraded equipment.
19 (b) a process by which the department of public service would notify
20 applicants of their requirement to provide cost-sharing payments to
21 customer-generators or persons owning or operating one or more distrib-
22 uted generation resources and previously had borne the costs of install-
23 ing dedicated equipment necessary for interconnection.
24 (c) a process by which subscribers to a community net-metering
25 distributed generation facility where the owner has received equipment
26 cost-sharing payments will receive a refund against subscription costs
27 proportional to the share which they have paid for the installation of
28 such equipment; and
29 (d) any other guidelines such commission deems necessary to effectuate
30 equitable cost-sharing and subscriber protections, and encourage the
31 responsible siting of distributed generation resources.
32 4. In developing the order pursuant to subdivision one of this
33 section, the public service commission shall consult with the New York
34 state energy research and development authority, and solicit the input
35 of renewable energy advocates and electric corporations.
36 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
