N.Y. Public Service Law Section 66-AA
Interconnection reforms

1.

(a) Within ninety days of the effective date of this section the commission shall commence a proceeding requiring every electric corporation to file a report with the commission which shall include broken down costs of completed upgrades to the electric distribution system required in order to interconnect new distributed energy resources in the prior calendar year categorized by upgrade type and equipment type annually by March thirty-first of each year. Such reports shall be accompanied by sufficiently detailed supporting documentation as determined by the commission. Costs included in such reports shall be intergrated into electric corporations’ efforts to develop distribution upgrade cost estimates.

(b)

Electric corporations shall track actual costs of all distribution upgrades they perform and disclose such costs to the department and to the distributed energy resource company that paid for the upgrade.

2.

The commission shall consider proposals to create greater cost-certainty for distribution upgrades in order to limit the risk of cost overruns, and the commission shall commence a proceeding to determine whether any such proposal would increase cost certainty for distribution upgrades, would not negatively impact the operation of the distribution system, and would not increase costs to ratepayers. If the commission so determines, and in response to evidence of cost overruns, it shall issue an order with respect thereto to increase distribution upgrade cost-certainty.

Source: Section 66-AA — Interconnection reforms, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBS/66-AA (updated May 29, 2026; accessed Jun. 17, 2026).

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Application of article 65
Safe and adequate service 65–A
Notification to social services officials 65–B
Service to persons applying for or receiving public assistance, supplemental security income benefits or additional state payments 66
General powers of commission in respect to gas and electricity 66–A
Conservation of gas, declaration of policy, delegation of power 66–AA
Interconnection reforms 66–B
Continuation of gas service 66–C
Conservation of energy 66–D
Contract carrier authorization 66–E
Monitoring of natural gas procurement 66–F
Purchase and procurement of natural gas at lowest available price 66–G
Sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity 66–H
Certain electric corporations 66–J
Net energy metering for residential solar, farm waste, non-residential solar electric generating systems, micro-combined heat and power g... 66–K
Allowance credit trading or sales 66–L
Net energy metering for residential, farm service and non-residential wind electric generating systems 66–M
Green jobs-green New York on-bill recovery 66–N
Net metering study 66–O
Electric vehicle charging tariff 66–P
Establishment of a renewable energy program 66–Q
Gas and electric billing information for residential rental premises 66–R
Requirements for certain renewable energy systems 66–S
Electric vehicle charging 66–T
Thermal energy network development 66–T*2
Registration of energy brokers and energy consultants 66–U
Gas safety reports 66–V
Requirements for certain climate risk-related and energy transition projects 66–W
Finality of charges 66–X
Energy affordability index 67
Inspection of gas and electric meters 67–A
Charges for past services 67–B
Excelsior power program 68
Certificate of public convenience and necessity 68–A
Statements of nature and extent of interests to be filed upon request 69
Approval of issues of stock, bonds and other forms of indebtedness 69–A
Reorganizations 70
Transfer of franchises or stocks 70–A
Street lights 71
Complaints as to quality and price of gas and electricity 72
Notice and hearing 72–A
Increased fuel costs 73
Compensation to customers experiencing widespread prolonged outages 73–A
Prioritization of emergency services 74
Energy storage deployment policy 74–A
Westchester county renewable energy and energy efficiency resources program 74–B
Long Island community choice aggregation programs 75
Defense in case of excessive charges for gas or electricity 76
Rates charged veteran organizations, religious bodies and community residences 77
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Verified:
Jun. 17, 2026

Last modified:
May 29, 2026

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