STATE OF NEW YORK
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7441
IN SENATE
May 15, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. GIPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the community
wind energy 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-n to read as follows:
3 § 66-n. Community wind energy pilot program. 1. The commission shall
4 establish a New York state pilot program promoting the use of community
5 wind 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 wind energy system 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,
15 in 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.
23 4. All energy generated by the wind energy system installation shall
24 be sold back to an investor-owned utility.
25 5. One percent of all payments due to subscribers shall be held by the
26 commission to pay for the capital investment into the original wind
27 energy system installation. After the original installation has been
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 paid in full, the one percent held by the commission shall be used to
2 fund new wind energy system installations in the same manner.
3 6. The state shall retain ownership of the wind energy system instal-
4 lation and of any renewable energy credits generated by the installa-
5 tion.
6 7. Subscribers shall be paid for energy generated at the retail rate
7 and not at the avoided-cost rate.
8 8. The maximum size of the installation shall be two thousand kilo-
9 watts.
10 9. Subscriptions may not be resold to any entity other than the state.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
