New York S 3449: Relates to penalties for violations related to solid waste transportation, facilities and disposal

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S03449 Summary:

BILL NOS03449 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHELMING

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COSPNSRGALLIVAN

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Amd §66-j, Pub Serv L

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Relates to setting the rate of credit per kilowatt hour for farm waste generating equipment customer-generators, which includes the anaerobic digestion of agricultural waste; sets a rate for anaerobic digestion of agricultural waste to at least 12 cents per kilowatt hour.

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01/27/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3449

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HELMING, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Tele-
 communications

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to setting the rate
 of credit per kilowatt hour for farm waste generating equipment
 customer-generators, which includes the anaerobic digestion of agri-
 cultural waste

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative Intent. It is the intent of this Legislature
 2 to support the ongoing financial viability of farm waste generating
 3 equipment customer-generators--more commonly known as anaerobic diges-
 4 ters--in New York state. Anaerobic digesters located on New York dairy
 5 farms create critical environmental attributes including, but not limit-
 6 ed to, reducing methane gas releases and abating nutrient contamination
 7 of nearby water sources. The Legislature also recognizes that legacy
 8 anaerobic digesters are not financially viable under the current compen-
 9 sation methodology; as such, legacy anaerobic digesters are at risk of
 10 closure. Any closures would undo the significant financial investment
 11 made by the state of New York to install anaerobic digesters under the
 12 Clean Energy Fund program. Closures would also put New York behind on
 13 meeting greenhouse gas emission reduction goals as set forth under the
 14 State Energy Plan, and behind on developing a clean, distributed grid.
 15 While the New York state Public Service Commission has initiated a
 16 proceeding to transition to a compensation methodology based on the
 17 value of distributed energy resources, the implementation of the new
 18 methodology will not address the immediate financial need of existing,
 19 or legacy, anaerobic digesters, or new digesters installed prior to the
 20 finalization of a meaningful value stack methodology that includes envi-
 21 ronmental values attributed to the avoided use of electricity generated
 22 by fossil fuels and the reduction of on-site greenhouse gas emissions.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07187-01-5

 S. 3449 2

 1 The Legislature hereby determines that the public interest requires an
 2 increase in the rate of compensation for customer-generators operating
 3 legacy anaerobic digesters, and new digesters installed prior to the
 4 finalization of a meaningful value stack methodology, which will apply
 5 to credit calculations for the customer-generators' bills following
 6 implementation of this legislation.
 7 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 66-j of the public
 8 service law, as amended by chapter 691 of the laws of 2022, is amended
 9 to read as follows:
 10 (b) In the event that the amount of electricity produced by a custom-
 11 er-generator during the billing period exceeds the amount of electricity
 12 used by the customer-generator, the corporation shall apply a credit to
 13 the next bill for service to the customer-generator for the net elec-
 14 tricity provided at the same rate per kilowatt hour applicable to
 15 service provided to other customers in the same service class which do
 16 not generate electricity onsite, except for micro-combined heat and
 17 power or fuel cell or fuel-flexible linear generator customer-generators