New York A 6147: Relates to net-metering for non-residential customers of electric corporations which own, lease or operate micro-combined heat and power generating equipment

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A06147 Summary:

BILL NOA06147 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLemondes

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COSPNSRJensen, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §66-j, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-g, Pub Auth L

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Expands New York's net metering law by adding non-residential micro-combined heat and power generating equipment systems to the list of currently eligible technologies that can be net metered.

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BILL NOA06147 

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02/26/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026referred to energy

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6147

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Energy

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
 in relation to net-metering for non-residential customers of electric
 corporations which own, lease or operate micro-combined heat and power
 generating equipment

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 66-j of the
 2 public service law, as amended by chapter 546 of the laws of 2011,
 3 subparagraph (iv) as separately amended by chapter 530 of the laws of
 4 2011, subparagraphs (v) and (vi) as amended by chapter 691 of the laws
 5 of 2022 and subparagraphs (vii) and (viii) as amended and (ix) as added
 6 by chapter 494 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 7 (a) "Customer-generator" means: (i) a residential customer of an elec-
 8 tric corporation, who owns or operates solar electric generating equip-
 9 ment located and used at [his or her] the customer's residence; (ii) a
 10 customer of an electric corporation, who owns or operates farm waste
 11 electric generating equipment located and used at [his or her] the
 12 customer's "farm operation," as such term is defined in subdivision
 13 eleven of section three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law;
 14 (iii) a non-residential customer of an electric corporation which owns
 15 or operates solar electric generating equipment located and used at its
 16 premises; (iv) a residential customer of an electric corporation who
 17 owns, leases or operates micro-combined heat and power generating equip-
 18 ment located on the customer's premises; (v) a residential customer of
 19 an electric corporation who owns, leases or operates fuel cell generat-
 20 ing equipment or fuel-flexible linear generator electric generating
 21 equipment located on the customer's premises; [and] (vi) a non-residen-
 22 tial customer of an electric corporation who owns, leases or operates
 23 fuel cell generating equipment or fuel-flexible linear generator elec-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08713-01-5

 A. 6147 2

 1 tric generating equipment located and used at the customer's premises;
 2 (vii) a residential customer of an electric corporation, who owns or
 3 operates micro-hydroelectric generating equipment located and used at
 4 [his or her] the customer's residence; (viii) a non-residential customer
 5 of an electric corporation which owns or operates micro-hydroelectric
 6 generating equipment located and used at its premises; [and] (ix) a
 7 non-residential customer of an electric corporation which owns or oper-
 8 ates farm waste electric generating equipment located and used at its
 9 premises; and (x) a non-residential customer of an electric corporation
 10 which owns, leases or operates micro-combined heat and power generat-
 11 ing equipment located on the customer's premises.
 12 § 2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 66-j of the public
 13 service law, as amended by chapter 691 of the laws of 2022, is amended
 14 to read as follows:
 15 (f) "Micro-combined heat and power generating equipment" means (i) (A)
 16 in the case of a residential customer, an integrated, cogenerating
 17 building heating and electrical power generation system, operating on
 18 any fuel and of any applicable engine, fuel cell, fuel-flexi