New York State Senate
Tell Your Representatives: Bring Solar Power to all New Yorkers
Why does New Jersey—New Jersey!—have three times the amount of solar energy systems installed as mighty New York?
New York was once considered a U.S. leader in the area of solar energy policy, but as the world's solar markets have developed, New York hasn't kept pace. A critical issue is net metering—a policy that allows solar systems to get credit for excess energy fed back into the grid. New York law currently caps net metering at 10 kW—which is fine for residences, but a major barrier for putting solar on large commercial applications such as schools, stores, and government buildings.
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Assembly Bill 9902 and Senate Bill 7171 would raise the state's net metering cap to 2 MW (the same level as the leading solar states), opening the market for large-scale solar in New York.
This is a defining moment for the future of solar in New York. Without net metering, solar in New York will always be playing second fiddle to New Jersey. It's just embarrassing.
Onward-
Adam Browning
The Vote Solar Initiative
www.votesolar.org
