Community net metering is relatively new to New York. Last
July, the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an order
establishing a "community distributed generation program"
that allows multiple customers to net meter from a single solar
generation facility. Community net metering will implement
principles that are part of New York's sweeping energy policy
reform efforts in the ongoing Reforming the Energy Vision (REV)
proceeding. In order to coordinate the community net metering
program with the broader REV program, the PSC delayed full
implementation of its community net metering program until May 1,
2016.
The goal of community net metering is to expand opportunities
for participation in solar and other forms of clean distributed
generation to utility customers that would not otherwise be able to
access that generation directly. Many utility customers, such
as residents of multi-unit buildings, lack control over sites that
can be configured into a
