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 Mar. 23, 2024).

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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
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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
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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
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Rates charged veteran organizations, religious bodies and community residences
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Powers of local officers

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

Last modified:
Dec. 26, 2014

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