§ 66-l. Net energy metering for residential, farm service and\nnon-residential wind electric generating systems. 1. Definitions. As\nused in this section, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Customer-generator" means a residential customer, farm service\ncustomer or non-residential customer of an electric corporation, who\nowns or operates wind electric generating equipment.\n (b) "Residential customer-generator" means a customer who owns or\noperates wind electric generating equipment located and used at his or\nher primary residence.\n (c) "Farm service customer-generator" means a customer of an electric\ncorporation who owns and operates wind electric generating equipment\nlocated and used on land used in agricultural production as defined in\nsubdivision four of section three hundred one of the agriculture and\nmarkets law, and which is also the location of the customer's primary\nresidence.\n (c-1) "Non-residential customer-generator" means a customer of an\nelectric corporation which owns or operates wind electric generating\nequipment located and used at its premises.\n (d) "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 (e) "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 or\nprovided to the corporation by a customer-generator.\n (f) "Wind electric generating equipment" means one or more wind\ngenerators with a combined rated capacity of not more than twenty-five\nkilowatts for a residential customer-generator, and not more than five\nhundred kilowatts for a farm service customer-generator, and not more\nthan two thousand kilowatts for a non-residential customer-generator;\nthat is manufactured, installed, and operated in accordance with\napplicable government and industry standards, that is connected to the\nelectric system and operated in parallel with an electric corporation's\ntransmission and distribution facilities, and that is operated in\ncompliance with any standards and requirements established under this\nsection.\n 2. Interconnection and net energy metering. An electric corporation\nshall provide for the interconnection and net energy metering of wind\nelectric generating equipment owned or operated by a customer-generator;\nprovided that the customer-generator enters into a net energy metering\ncontract with the corporation or complies with the corporation's net\nenergy metering schedule and complies with standards and requirements\nestablished under this section. The customer-generator shall be\nresponsible for payment of one-half of the expense of such\ninterconnection for wind electric generating equipment with a rated\ncapacity of more than twenty-five kilowatts.\n 3. Conditions of service. (a) (i) On or before three months after the\neffective date of this section, each electric corporation shall develop\na model contract and file a schedule that establishes consistent and\nreasonable rates, terms and conditions for net energy metering to\ncustomer-generators, according to the requirements of this section. The\ncommission shall render a decision within three months from the date on\nwhich the schedule is filed.\n (ii) On or before three months after the effective date of this\nsubparagraph, each electric corporation shall develop a model contract\nand file a schedule that establishes consistent and reasonable rates,\nterms and conditions for net energy metering to non-residential\ncustomer-generators, according to the requirements of this section. The\ncommission shall render a decision within three months from the date on\nwhich the schedule is filed.\n (iii) Each electric corporation shall mak
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