N.Y. Pub. Serv. Law § 66-L - Net energy metering for residential, farm service and non-residential wind electric generating systems

• Cite as: N.Y. Pub. Serv. Law § 66-L

1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Customer-generator" means a residential customer, farm service customer or non-residential customer of an electric corporation, who owns or operates wind electric generating equipment.

(b) "Residential customer-generator" means a customer who owns or operates wind electric generating equipment located and used at his or her primary residence.

(c) "Farm service customer-generator" means a customer of an electric corporation who owns and operates wind electric generating equipment located and used on land used in agricultural production as defined in subdivision four of section three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law, and which is also the location of the customer's primary residence.

(c-1) "Non-residential customer-generator" means a customer of an electric corporation which owns or operates wind electric generating equipment located and used at its premises.

(d) "Net energy meter" means a meter that measures the reverse flow of electricity to register the difference between the electricity supplied by an electric corporation to the customer-generator and the electricity provided to the corporation by that customer-generator.

(e) "Net energy metering" means the use of a net energy meter to measure, during the billing period applicable to a customer-generator, the net amount of electricity supplied by an electric corporation or provided to the corporation by a customer-generator.

(f) "Wind electric generating equipment" means one or more wind generators with a combined rated capacity of not more than twenty-five kilowatts for a residential customer-generator, and not more than five hundred kilowatts for a farm service customer-generator, and not more than two thousand kilowatts for a non-residential customer-generator; that is manufactured, installed, and operated in accordance with applicable government and industry standards, that is connected to the electric system and operated in parallel with an electric corporation's transmission and distribution facilities, and that is operated in compliance with any standards and requirements established under this section.

2. Interconnection and net energy metering. An electric corporation shall provide for the interconnection and net energy metering of wind electric generating equipment owned or operated by a customer-generator; provided that the customer-generator enters into a net energy metering contract with the corporation or complies with the corporation's net energy metering schedule and complies with standards and requirements established under this section. The customer-generator shall be responsible for payment of one-half of the expense of such interconnection for wind electric generating equipment with a rated capacity of more than twenty-five kilowatts.