N.Y. Public Service Law Section 66-N
Net metering study

The commission shall conduct a study to analyze the economic and environmental benefits from and the economic cost burden, if any, of the net energy metering program and to analyze the extent to which ratepayers receiving service under the net energy metering program are paying the full cost of services provided to them by combined electric and gas corporations and gas corporations, and the extent to which their customers pay a share of costs of public purpose programs through assessments on their electric and/or gas bills. In analyzing program costs and benefits for the purposes of this study, the commission shall consider all electricity generated by renewable electric generating systems eligible for net metering under sections sixty-six-j and sixty-six-l of this article, including the electricity used onsite to reduce the customer’s consumption of electricity that would otherwise be supplied through the electrical grid, as well as electrical output that is being fed back to the electrical grid for which the customer receives credit or net surplus electricity compensation under net energy metering. As it relates to the environmental benefits, the study shall quantify the approximate avoided level of harmful emissions including, but not limited to, information concerning: nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, as well as other air pollutants deemed necessary and appropriate for study by the commission. The study shall also quantify the economic costs and benefits of net energy metering to participants and non-participants and shall further disaggregate the results by utility. The study shall also gather and present data on the income distribution of residential net metering participants that is publicly available and aggregated by zip code and county. In order to assess the economic costs and benefits at various levels of net metering implementation, the study shall be conducted using multiple net energy metering penetration scenarios. The commission shall publish a report from its findings. The report must be published within three hundred sixty-five days of the effective date of this section. A copy of the report must be furnished to the temporary president of the Senate, the speaker of the Assembly, the chair of the Senate energy and telecommunications committee and the chair of the Assembly energy committee.

Source: Section 66-N — Net metering study, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBS/66-N (updated Dec. 26, 2014; accessed Jun. 21, 2025).

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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–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 67
Inspection of gas and electric meters 67–A
Charges for past services 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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Dec. 26, 2014

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