New York S 8512: Relates to portable solar generation devices

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S08512 Summary:

BILL NOS08512C

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SAME ASSAME AS A09111-C

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRBOTTCHER, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM,
 HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SERRANO,
 SKOUFIS, STAVISKY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §66-j, Pub Serv L; amd §378, Exec L

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Defines "portable solar generation device"; exempts portable solar generation devices from interconnection or net metering requirements; requires the state energy conservation construction code to allow for portable solar generation devices to be connected to a building's wiring through an electrical outlet.

Go to top S08512 Actions:

BILL NOS08512C

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09/24/2025REFERRED TO RULES

12/10/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES

12/10/2025PRINT NUMBER 8512A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

03/20/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

03/20/2026PRINT NUMBER 8512B

04/20/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

04/20/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.698

04/21/2026PASSED SENATE

04/21/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/22/2026referred to energy

05/14/2026RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

05/14/2026returned to senate

05/14/2026VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

05/14/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8512C

05/28/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9111C

&nbspA09111 AMEND=C Gallagher

&nbsp09/26/2025referred to energy

&nbsp12/12/2025amend (t) and recommit to energy

&nbsp12/12/2025print number 9111a

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to energy

&nbsp03/19/2026amend (t) and recommit to energy

&nbsp03/19/2026print number 9111b

&nbsp05/08/2026amend and recommit to energy

&nbsp05/08/2026print number 9111c

&nbsp05/11/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/14/2026reported 

&nbsp05/14/2026rules report cal.124

&nbsp05/14/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.124

&nbsp05/28/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/28/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/28/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp05/28/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8512C

&nbsp05/28/20263RD READING CAL.698

&nbsp05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/28/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS08512 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8512--C
 Cal. No. 698

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 September 24, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, BRISPORT, BROUK, COMRIE, FAHY, FERNANDEZ,
 GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, LIU, MAY,
 MAYER, MYRIE, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SERRANO, SKOUFIS -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Energy and Telecommunications in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
 discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules --
 reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading,
 passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote recon-
 sidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
 retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the executive law, in
 relation to portable solar generation devices

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Solar Up Now NY Act".
 3 § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 66-j of the public
 4 service law, as amended by chapter 253 of the laws of 2013, is amended
 5 and a new paragraph (j) is added to subdivision 1 to read as follows:
 6 (d) "Solar electric generating equipment" means a photovoltaic system
 7 (i) (A) in the case of a residential customer (other than a farm utiliz-
 8 ing a residential meter), with a rated capacity of not more than twen-
 9 ty-five kilowatts; (B) in the case of a customer who owns or operates a
 10 farm operation as such term is defined in subdivision eleven of sectio