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New
York is the number two solar state in the Eastern
US with over 3000 solar electric
systems installed. Nearly all are residential systems because until
August of 2008, the limit
under the state's Net Metering law
was 10KW, a residential size system. New York joined the more
progressive solar states
in 2008 by increasing the allowed
solar system size to the lower of 2000KW or the highest peak demand
registered during the
prior twelve months at the
customer's site. This change will now allow large commercial systems to
be connected to the electric
grid and earn credits whenever the
solar system is generating more than is being consumed at the site.
New
York has two distinct solar markets: the area served
by the Long Island Power Authority
(LIPA), and the rest of New York State. LIPA is a state agency and as
such, is not governed
by the New York State Public Service
Commission. LIPA has developed its own solar rebate program and has
supported the installation
of over 2300 solar electric systems
on homes in Nassau and Suffolk counties as of November 2010. The New
York State Research
and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
manages a solar rebate program serving the electric customers in the
ConEdison, NIMO,
CHG&E, RG&E and NYSEG
service territories. The program is funded by a System Benefits Charge
collected from all electric
purchasers. NYS
Solar Thermal Industry Ready for Leadership with New Incentives and Roadmap
Released on Apr 05 2010
NYSEIA
News >>
ALBANY,
NY, March 30 – With solar thermal projects now eligible for Renewable
Portfolio Standard (RPS)
funding for the first time and a
roadmap for growing the technology nearing completion, New York is
moving toward leading
the nation in this technology, says New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA).After
years of lobbying for its inclusion in the RPS, the state
Public Service Commission (PSC) has
agreed to put nearly $25 million in funding toward solar thermal
technologies that use
the power of the sun to heat homes
and hot water through 2115.NYSEIA
had urged the PSC to include solar
thermal as an eligible technology to receive RPS funding from New York
State Energy Research
and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
New York now joins 13 other states to include solar thermal in RPS
programs.“This
is a landmark move that realizes the substantial benefits
that solar thermal can provide to
the New York economy and its renewable energy goals,” said NYSEIA
President Ron Kamen,
senior vice president of EarthKind
Solar.“Including
solar thermal in the RPS and
providing a five-year program will jump start New York’s solar thermal
industry,”
said NYSEIA Executive Director Gail
Markels. “The PSC decision provides a critical base for the first part
of a three-legged
state energy platform that needs to
next address electric gas and oil programs.”The
solar thermal segment will be further propelled by a new Solar Thermal
Roadmap under development
that aims to deploy 2,000 MWs of
solar thermal in New York by 2020 and create 10,000 jobs. The plan will
be unveiled by theSolar
Thermal Consortium at the
association’s annual conference, The Business of the Sun, in Albany on
May 13.About NYSEIA The
New York Solar Energy Industries
Association, founded in 1994, is the only statewide non-profit
membership and trade association
dedicated solely to advancing solar
energy use in New York State. For information, visit http://www.nyseia.org
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