New York A 7391: Provides that credits for excess electricity generated by customer-generators subject to net energy metering may be carried over and used to offset electricity used

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A07391 Summary:

BILL NOA07391 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01553

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SPONSORRomero

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COSPNSRWieder

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MLTSPNSR

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

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Provides that credits for excess electricity generated by customer-generators subject to net energy metering by an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority may be carried over indefinitely and used against any charges imposed by an electric corporation or the Long Island power authority when the customer-generator uses more electricity than such customer generates; provides for the accounting of credits once every 5 years and the electric corporation or Long Island power authority shall reimburse the customer-generator for the accumulated credits.

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BILL NOA07391 

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03/25/2025referred to energy

01/07/2026referred to energy

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Go to topA07391 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7391

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Energy

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
 in relation to credit for electricity generated by a customer-genera-
 tor subject to net energy metering

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 66-j of the public service law, as
 2 amended by chapter 355 of the laws of 2009, paragraph (b) as amended by
 3 chapter 691 of the laws of 2022 and (c) as amended by chapter 494 of the
 4 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 5 4. Rates. An electric corporation shall use net energy metering to
 6 measure and charge for the net electricity supplied by the corporation
 7 and provided to the corporation by a customer-generator, according to
 8 these requirements:
 9 (a) In the event that the amount of electricity supplied by the corpo-
 10 ration during the billing period exceeds the amount of electricity
 11 provided by a customer-generator, the corporation shall, after deduct-
 12 ing, from the aggregate of unused credit for excess electricity gener-
 13 ated by such customer-generator prior to such billing period, an amount
 14 of credit equal to the amount of electricity supplied by the electric
 15 corporation, to the extent such credit exists, and may thereafter charge
 16 the customer-generator for the net electricity supplied, after deduction
 17 of such credits, at the same rate per kilowatt hour applicable to
 18 service provided to other customers in the same service class which do
 19 not generate electricity onsite.
 20 (b) In the event that the amount of electricity produced by a custom-
 21 er-generator during the billing period exceeds the amount of electricity
 22 used by the customer-generator, the corporation shall (i) apply a credit
 23 to the next bill for service to the customer-generator for the net elec-
 24 tricity provided at the same rate per kilowatt hour applicable to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04572-01-5

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 1 service provided to other customers in the same service class which do
 2 not generate electricity onsite, or (ii) at the option of the customer-
 3 generator, credit such customer-generator with the amount of excess
 4 kilowatt hours generated in excess of its use, and such credit shall be
 5 aggregated indefinitely to be used as credit against charges incurred
 6 pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision; except for micro-combined
 7 heat and power or fuel cell or fuel-flexible linear generator customer-
 8 generators or farm waste generating equipment customer-generators as
 9 described in subparagraph (ix) of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of
 10 this section, who will be credited at the corporation's avoided costs.
 11 The avoided cost credit provided to micro-combined heat and power or
 12 fuel cell or fuel-flexible linear generator customer-generators or farm
 13 waste generating equipment customer-generators as described i