New York S 3617: Establishes a community wind energy pilot program

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S03617 Summary:

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Establishes a community wind energy pilot program; creates an investor owned wind energy electric generating system.

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3617

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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-y to read as follows:
 3 § 66-y. 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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08006-01-5

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 1 5. One percent of all payments due to subscribers shall be held by the
 2 commission to pay for the capital investment into the original wind
 3 energy system installation. After the original installation has been
 4 paid in full, the one percent held by the commission shall be used to
 5 fund new wind energy system installations in the same manner.
 6 6. The state shall retain ownership of the wind energy system instal-
 7 lation and of any renewable energy credits generated by the installa-
 8 tion.
 9 7. Subscribers shall be paid for energy generated at the retail rate
 10 and not at the avoided-cost rate.
 11 8. The maximum size of the installation shall be two thousand kilo-
 12 watts.
 13 9. Subscriptions may not be resold to any entity other than the state.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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