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NY Net Metering Standards
Type of Incentive Net Metering
Eligible States NY
Eligible Technology Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine
Eligible Fuel Biomass, Other
Eligible Project Size 0 - .01
Critical Information Eligible Technologies: Photovoltaics, Wind, Biomass, Fuel Cells, CHP/Cogeneration, Anaerobic Digestion, and Microturbines

Size Limitations: 10 kW for residential micro-CHP and fuel cells
The maximum system size for small non-residential customers that are not on demand meters should be limited to the utility's threshold for requiring a demand meter. This threshold falls between 5 kW and 12 kW depending on the utility in question. The aggregate limit on net-metered PV, on-farm biogas systems, micro-CHP and fuel cell systems combined is set at 1.0 percent of a utility's 2005 electric demand. Individual utilities are authorized to place higher limits on aggregate net-metered capacity if they choose to do so.

Net Excess: For most types of systems, customer net excess generation (NEG) in a given month is credited to the customer's next bill at the utility's retail rate. However, for residential micro-CHP and fuel cell systems NEG is credited at the utility's avoided cost rate. A slightly different methodology using a monetary credit ($ as opposed to kWh) is used for customers on demand meters. Residential micro-CHP and fuel cell customer-generators are not permitted to monetize NEG after a year or any other period, but may carry forward unused credits indefinitely.
Start Date 2/26/2010
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Additional Information In August 2009 the Governor signed legislation (A.B. 2442) amending New York's original net-metering law enacted in 1997, to allow net metering for residential combined heat and power (CHP) and fuel cell systems of 10 kW or less. Later in March 2010, the net metering law was amended in March 2010 by A.B. 7557 to remove a provision limiting the size of non-residential wind and solar facilities to the on-site peak load. The legislation also clarifies several provisions of existing law relating to interconnection costs, cost responsibility, and limitations for different types of system. In August 2010 New York enacted legislation (A.B. 7987) increasing the maximum system size cap for farm-based biogas systems from 500 kilowatts (kW) to 1 megawatt (MW).

In June 2011 New York enacted legislation (A.B. 6270) allowing eligible farm-based and non-residential customer-generators to engage in "remote" net metering. The law permits eligible customer-generators to designate net metering credits from equipment located on property which they own or lease to any other meter that is located on property owned or leased by the customer, and is within the same utility territory and load zone as the net metered facility.

Later, in September 2011 New York enacted two laws which expand the state's net metering policy to encompass additional technologies. One new law (S.B. 1149) extends net metering to micro-hydroelectric generators of up to 25 kW for residential customers and 2 MW for non-residential customers. Another (A.B. 7765) extends net metering to fuel cell systems of up to 1.5 MW for non-residential customers.
Web Site http://www3.dps.ny.gov/W/PSCWeb.nsf/All/DCF68EFCA391AD6085257687006F396B?OpenDocumentExit EPA
Additional Web Site http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/
incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=NY05R&currentpageid=3&EE=1&RE=1Exit EPA
Primary Contact Mike Worden
17 Columbia Circle
Albany, NY 12203-6399
U.S.A.
Mike Worden (michael_worden@dps.ny.gov)
(518) 486-2498
(518) 862-1091

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