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Policy Documents

NYSEIA regularly files comments with the Public Service Commission, NYSERDA, the state legislature, and the Governor's office. The association also writes advocacy letters and publishes research related to New York solar. Review our recent documents below.

August 26, 2026

Policy Documents

Summary of August 2026 PSC Interconnection Cost Transparency Order

Comments on LIPA Proposed SGIP Modifications

Comments on Interconnecting Large Loads

Comments on Con Edison’s Unilateral Modifications to its Method of Assessing Energy Storage Interconnection Requirements and NY-BEST Petition

Comments on Petition to Suspend or Modify the Renewable Energy Program Public Service Law § 66‐p

Solar + Storage Parties Comments in Response to DPS Staff Questions Regarding Utility Owned Generation

Joint Comments In Response to December 2025 JU Proposal Regarding Meter Socket Adapters (MSAs)

Solar Parties Comments on National Grid's Flexible Interconnection Scaling Pilot

The Inactive System Gap: Customer Experience Impacts of Inspection and PTO Delays in New York Solar

DPS Staff Proposal on Updating DRV and LSRV for VDER Compensation Reply Comments

Comments on January 2026 Staff Proposal Regarding Distribution Upgrade Cost Estimation Transparency

Integration of SPAN Smart Panels with Residential PV Systems - A New York State Perspective

Comments on the Draft 2026 Appraisal Model for Wind and Solar Projects

Deliver on Affordability: Include the ASAP Act in the Budget (Coalition Letter to Governor Hochul)

NYSEIA and Clean Energy Parties Comments Supporting DPS Staff Proposal to Modernize VDER

Comments on Con Edison's January 2026 Reliability Needs Report

NYSEIA Energy & Environmental Conservation Budget Hearing Testimony

New York 2025 Distributed Solar + Storage Year in Review: Deployment

Comments on the Joint Utilities' Proactive Planning Framework Methodology

Comments on RGGI Operating Plan Amendment for 2026

Solar + Storage Playbook for Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani

Solar + Storage Parties Comments on DPS Staff Proposal for Queue Prioritization (Case 24-E-0621)

Comments in Support of Nexamp's Complaint Against National Grid Regarding Utility Cost Overruns

Comments on Petition for Rehearing on CDG Billing and Crediting

Comments on Utility-Owned Generation (Case 15-E-0302)

Comments on the Draft 2025 State Energy Plan

NYSEIA Comments on Proposed Rulemaking on Unregulated Battery Storage Devices in New York City

NYSEIA Comments on the 2025 NYPA Renewables Draft Strategic Plan

NYSEIA Comments on PSEG Long Island's Utility 2.0 Long Range Plan

NYSEIA Comments on Grid Flexibility Study: Grid of the Future Proceeding (Case 24-E-0165)

NYSERDA NY-Sun Budget Cut: Supplemental Impact Analysis (Case 21-E-0629)

NYSEIA Petition for Rehearing re: NY-Sun Budget Cut

Solar Industry Memo in Support of the Accelerate Solar for Affordable Power ("ASAP") Act (Harckham S.6570)

NYSEIA Comments on DEC General Permit for Community-Scale Solar Energy Installations

NYSEIA Statement on Senate and Assembly FY26 Budget Proposals

ACE NY & NYSEIA Joint Comments on Department of Taxation and Finance Draft 2025 Appraisal Model

NYSEIA Comments in Support of Altamont Road Solar Regarding Utility Cost Overruns

NYSEIA Comments Regarding Improvements to VDER (DRV and LSRV Derivation)

Cost Certainty and Transparency Petition for Distribution Upgrades

NYSEIA's Solar Industry Briefing & 2025 Policy Priorities Webinar

Memo of Support Expanding the New York State Solar Energy System Equipment Tax Credit 2025

NYSEIA Testimony on New York's FY26 Executive Budget (Energy and Environmental Conservation Hearing)

NYSEIA Comments On DOB Proposed Rules for ESS Installations

NYSEIA Statement on Governor Hochul's Budget Proposal and State-of-the-State

NYSEIA 2024 Policy Retrospective

NYSEIA Comments on NYPA Draft Strategic Renewables Plan

Letter in Support of ConnectDER, Inc. and Tesla Petition to Establish a Statewide Process for Meter Socket Adapter Approval

NYSEIA-Joint Utilities Petition to Implement Various Improvements to New York's Standardized Interconnection Requirements

NYSEIA Comments on Draft Scope of the NYS Energy Plan

Clean Energy Parties Response to Staff Questions for Comment on Calculating Locational System Relief Value (LSRV) and Demand Reduction Value (DRV) Components of the VDER Value Stack

NYSEIA Comments re: NYSERDA Residential and Retail Energy Storage Implementation Plan

DEC Stormwater Management Guidance for Ground Mounted Solar Installation

NYSEIA Comments re: Interconnection Timelines (RAPID Act, Case 24-E-0415)

NYSEIA Comments re: Clean Energy Standard Biennial Review (Case 15-E-0302)

NYSEIA Comments re: Impacts of DEC's Proposed Expansion of Freshwater Wetlands Protection on Solar Deployment and Climate Mitigation

NYSEIA Comments in Response to PSEG-LI's 2024 Utility 2.0 Plan

NYSEIA Comments in Response to NYPA Conferral

Western NY Solar Symposium Presentations

NYSEIA Petition on NY-SIR to allow Alternative Forms of Security for Expensive Distribution Upgrades

20 Gigawatts by 2035: : Raising New York’s Distributed Solar Goal

NYSEIA Flexible Interconnection Study

NYSEIA CCSA Reply Comments re: Utility CDG Billing & Crediting Performance Metrics and Penalties

Clean Energy Parties' Comments In Support of Surplus NY-Sun Funds Reallocation Toward Additional Distributed Solar Capacity

NYSEIA Comments on NYPA REACH Program

New York Department of Taxation and Finance Final 2024 Solar and Wind Appraisal Model: Summary of Changes

NYC and the Case for Residential Energy Storage

NYSEIA Comments in Response to National Grid Interconnection Cost Allocation Petition

LIPA 2023 Integrated Resource Plan Comments

NYSEIA Comments Regarding NY Dept of Taxation and Finance' 2024 Solar and Wind Appraisal model

NYSEIA Comments Regarding Potential Revisions to Freshwater Wetlands Regulations 6 NYCRR Part 664

New York State Briefing (RE+ Northeast)

NYSEIA Testimony on New York's FY25 Executive Budget (Environmental Conservation Hearing)

NYSEIA Testimony on New York's 2024-2025 Executive Budget (Economic Development Hearing)

Net Crediting for Volumetric CDG Comments

CDG Billing & Crediting: 2024 Industry Priorities

Comments in Support of Multiple Saving Rates for Community Solar

NYSEIA 2023 Policy Retrospective

Comments in response to NSERDA agrivoltaics RFI

Comments Regarding New York's Statewide Solar for All Proposal

Community Distributed Generation Performance Metrics and Negative Revenue Adjustments:
An Industry Proposal to Improve Customer Experience and Advance New York’s Clean Energy and Equity Goals