Consider enhanced incentives for certain projects.
- Date Due:
- 1/1/2020
- Responsible Entity:
- NYSERDA
- Action:
- Consider enhanced incentives for certain projects.
- Summary:
- In pursuing the state's solar deployment goals, NYSERDA must consider enhanced incentive payments for solar and community distributed generation projects, especially those serving disadvantaged communities.
- Status:
- ONGOING
- Statute:
- CLCPA § 4 adds newPublic Service Law § 66-p(7)(b)
The CLCPA amends the Public Service Law by adding a new section 66-P to create a Renewable Energy Program. In implementing section 66-P's solar deployment goals, NYSERDA must consider enhanced incentive payments with a focus on serving disadvantaged communities, as that term is defined by the Climate Justice Working Group.
Statutory Language:
CLCPA § 4(7): "In the implementation of this section, the commission shall design programs in a manner to provide substantial benefits for disadvantaged communities, as defined in article seventy-five of the environmental conservation law, including low to moderate income consumers, at a reasonable cost while ensuring safe and reliable electric service. Specifically, the commission shall:
(b) In pursuing the state's solar deployment goals, the New York state energy research and development authority shall consider enhanced incentive payments for solar and community distributed generation projects, focusing in particular but not limited to those serving disadvantaged communities, as defined in article seventy-five of the environmental conservation law, which result in energy cost savings or demonstrate community ownership models."