§ 66-j. Net energy metering for residential solar, farm waste,\nnon-residential solar electric generating systems, micro-combined heat\nand power generating equipment, fuel cell electric generating equipment,\nfuel-flexible linear generator electric generating equipment, and\nmicro-hydroelectric generating equipment. 1. Definitions. As used in\nthis section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Customer-generator" means: (i) a residential customer of an\nelectric corporation, who owns or operates solar electric generating\nequipment located and used at his or her residence; (ii) a customer of\nan electric corporation, who owns or operates farm waste electric\ngenerating equipment located and used at his or her "farm operation," as\nsuch term is defined in subdivision eleven of section three hundred one\nof the agriculture and markets law; (iii) a non-residential customer of\nan electric corporation which owns or operates solar electric generating\nequipment located and used at its premises; (iv) a residential customer\nof an electric corporation who owns, leases or operates micro-combined\nheat and power generating equipment located on the customer's premises;\n(v) a residential customer of an electric corporation who owns, leases\nor operates fuel cell generating equipment or fuel-flexible linear\ngenerator electric generating equipment located on the customer's\npremises; and (vi) a non-residential customer of an electric corporation\nwho owns, leases or operates fuel cell generating equipment or\nfuel-flexible linear generator electric generating equipment located and\nused at the customer's premises; (vii) a residential customer of an\nelectric corporation, who owns or operates micro-hydroelectric\ngenerating equipment located and used at his or her residence; (viii) a\nnon-residential customer of an electric corporation which owns or\noperates micro-hydroelectric generating equipment located and used at\nits premises; and (ix) a non-residential customer of an electric\ncorporation which owns or operates farm waste electric generating\nequipment located and used at its premises.\n (b) "Net energy meter" means a meter that measures the reverse flow of\nelectricity to register the difference between the electricity supplied\nby an electric corporation to the customer-generator and the electricity\nprovided to the corporation by that customer-generator.\n (c) "Net energy metering" means the use of a net energy meter to\nmeasure, during the billing period applicable to a customer-generator,\nthe net amount of electricity supplied by an electric corporation and\nprovided to the corporation by a customer-generator.\n (d) "Solar electric generating equipment" means a photovoltaic system\n(i) (A) in the case of a residential customer (other than a farm\nutilizing a residential meter), with a rated capacity of not more than\ntwenty-five kilowatts; (B) in the case of a customer who owns or\noperates a farm operation as such term is defined in subdivision eleven\nof section three hundred one of the agriculture and markets law\nutilizing a residential meter with a rated capacity of not more than one\nhundred kilowatts; and (C) in the case of a non-residential customer,\nwith a rated capacity of not more than two thousand kilowatts; and (ii)\nthat is manufactured, installed, and operated in accordance with\napplicable government and industry standards, that is connected to the\nelectric system and operated in conjunction with an electric\ncorporation's transmission and distribution facilities, and that is\noperated in compliance with any standards and requirements established\nunder this section.\n (e) "Farm waste electric generating equipment" means equipment that\ngenerates electric energy from biogas produced by the anaerobic\ndigestion of agricultural waste, such as livestock manure, farming\nwastes and food processing wastes with a rated capacity of not more than\ntwo thousand kilowatts, that is:\n (
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