Law allows New Yorkers to sell more green power to utilities

[jpak]

http://www.environmental-expert.com/resultEachPressRelease.aspx?cid=4797&codi=33206&idproducttype=8&level=0

New York Governor David Paterson today announced an agreement with the Legislature on energy legislation that will authorize increased development of renewable energy with a process called net metering. Net metering allows electricity customers with qualified renewable energy systems to sell excess electricity back to their local utility. The bill will expand the state's net metering law and lead to greater investment by homeowners, farms and businesses in facilities that generate energy from renewable sources.

By increasing market demand for renewable technologies, the bill also will attract renewable energy manufacturers and installers to New York state, Paterson said.

'I want to thank the Legislature for making this enhanced energy law a reality. In addition to changing the state's dependency on traditional, fossil-fuel based energy sources this law will be a job creation vehicle, particularly in Upstate New York,' said the governor.

'For instance, those businesses with large roof areas present enormous opportunities for hosting solar energy facilities. If those kinds of resources are fully realized, it could relieve significant stress from our already over-burdened utility grid and improve our energy independence.'

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[DCKit]

1. Republicon and Corporate heads are exploding all over NY.

How dare they put energy independence within reach of the serfs?

:sarcasm: