Rhode Island

On August 24, 2022, the Office of Energy Resources and the Distributed Generation Board (DG Board) issued the first draft of the 2023 Renewable Energy Growth (REG) Program proposed ceiling prices, copied in the tables below. The message included a presentation of the ceiling prices, which provides an overview of assumptions and modeling implications. SEA …

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On December 6, 2021, the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a Notice announcing that it has opened two new dockets to address outstanding issues relating to interconnection. The dockets are staff-led non-decisional dockets to gather information, but the docket notices state that decisional dockets will “commence at an appropriate time in the future.” The two …

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As discussed in Digest 80, in January 2020, Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) signed Executive Order (EO) 20-01, which directed the Office of Energy Resources (OER) to undertake an “economic and energy market analysis” and design policies and programs to reach 100% renewable electricity by 2030. As covered in Digest 87, on January 13, 2021, OER …

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On February 26, 2021, the House Committee on Corporations announced that it will hold a public hearing on March 2 in the afternoon, which will be streamed here. The hearing will include consideration of the following key bills: HB 5327 – An Act Relating to Public Utilities and Carriers – Net Metering: The bill, if …

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On January 26, 2021, the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture introduced SB 78 – An Act Relating to State Affairs and Government – 2021 Act on Climate. The Committee has scheduled a hearing for February 2 at 4:00 pm, which will be streamed live here. Testimony should be submitted to SLegislation@rilegislature.gov by 2:00 pm …

Continue reading “Legislative Updates: Senate Committee on Environmental and Agriculture schedule hearing for legislation that would update state GHG emission reductions to net-zero by 2050”

As most recently discussed in Digest 79, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is evaluating the Ceiling Prices, MW Allocations and tariff changes needed to effectuate the 2020 Renewable Energy Growth (REG) Program Year in Docket 4983. The opening of the docket in October occurred following an annual process of Ceiling Price development for the 2020 …

Continue reading “PUC approves proposed 2020 REG Ceiling Prices as revised in response to PTC extension; Carport adder for up to 6 MW of capacity approved on a “pilot” basis, along with guidelines for future similar “public policy adders””

As most recently discussed in Flash Update 54.1, on January 25, 2016, the Rhode Island Senate Policy Office released the Grow Green Jobs Rhode Island Legislative Action Plan. We expect several bills to be introduced to address issues identified in the plan, such as the expansion of the RPS beyond 2019, expanding the Renewable Energy Growth …

Continue reading “Bills Related to Renewable Energy Introduced to Date; Bills Related to Senate ‘Grow Green Jobs RI’ Plan Not Yet Filed”