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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.

March 31, 2025

Policy Documents

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

Marginal Cost of Service Reply Comments (Clean Energy Parties)

NYSEIA / Clean Energy Parties Comments Regarding Marginal Cost of Service (MCOS) Study Method and VDER Compensation

NYSEIA Comments Regarding CBC Implementation in the Case of PV System Expansion

NYSEIA Comments in Response to NYC DOB Bulletin re: PV and Railings

Solar Industry Comments re: PV Recycling in NYS Solid Waste Management Plan

Memo in Support: NYC "City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality" Zoning Text Amendment

NYSEIA Summary of PSC Order Adopting NY-Sun Mid-Program Modifications

NYSEIA Comments on the NYSERDA NY-Sun Mid-Point Review

Joint Comments on NYSERDA's Proposed Inclusive Community Solar Adder (ICSA)

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

NYSEIA 2023 Policy Priorities

Environmental Justice/Housing Coalition Letter in Support of NY Residential Tax Credit Expansion

Comments re: Coordinated Grid Planning Process

Residential Solar Tax Credit Expansion Memo

NYSEIA Energy Storage Roadmap Comments

LIPA Opt-Out Time-of-Day Rate Comments

NYC Solar + Storage Property Tax Abatement Extension and Expansion Memo

New York’s 10 GW Distributed Solar Roadmap: NY-Sun Program Mid-Point Review

Comments on NY-Sun Inclusive Community Solar Adder: Rule Changes, Round 2 Program Design

Comments Regarding the R&D Plan for Advanced Transmission and Distribution Technologies

Comments on NYStretch 2023 Code

Comments on Hydroelectric Eligibility for VDER Environmental Value Compensation

Comments on the Build Public Renewables Act

Comments on the New York State Climate Action Council Draft Scoping Plan

MEMO: Solar and Local Law 97 Compliance

Towns, Business & Environment Coalition Letters Supporting Self Certification

Comments in Support of CCSA Request for Rehearing on Expanded Solar for All

Support Memo: Unlocking Energy Storage Deployment in New York City

Support Memo: Extend the Energy Performance Contract Cost Recovery Period for K-12 Districts

Opposition Memo: New York Power Authority Build Public Renewables Act

Memo in Opposition to Utility-owned Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation

Solar Energy System Equipment Tax Credit Support Memo

Clean Energy Party Comments on the 10-Gigawatt Distributed Solar Roadmap

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

Memo of Support: Rooftop Solar Permitting Bills A.6160 and
A.6242