§ 39-1-24. Certification, collection, and deposit of assessments. On or before the first day of August in each year, the administrator shall certify to the state controller the amount of the assessment made pursuant to § 39-1-23 and the name and address of each company against whom the assessment is made. Each company shall pay […]
§ 39-1-25. Objection to assessments. Each company shall pay to the administrator the amount assessed against it or shall file with the commission its objections in writing setting out the grounds upon which it claims that the assessment is excessive, erroneous, unlawful, or invalid. The commission shall, within thirty (30) days from the receipt of […]
§ 39-1-26. Public utilities reserve fund created — Appropriations — Recovery of expenses from utility companies. (a) There is hereby created a fund to be known as the public utilities reserve account, an account within the public utilities commission in the general fund. Such account, hereinafter referred to as the “fund,” shall be used for […]
§ 39-1-27. Electric distribution companies required to file restructuring plans. (a) Each electric distribution company shall file with the commission a plan for transferring ownership of generation facilities into a separate affiliate of the electric distribution company. The transmission facilities owned by the electric distribution company also may be transferred to an affiliated electric transmission […]
§ 39-1-27.1. Retail electric licensing commission plan requirements and nonregulated power producer registration requirements. (a) The retail electric licensing commission shall, by January 1, 1997, submit a plan to the legislature that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) A recommendation for taxing and/or assessing electric distribution companies, electric transmission companies, and […]
§ 39-1-27.10. Electric and gas distribution companies required to file affordable energy plans. (a) On or before January 2, 2007, each gas and electric distribution company shall submit to the commission a plan for affordable energy for low-income households, including very low-income households as defined in § 42-141-2 [repealed]. The plan shall provide for the […]
§ 39-1-27.11. Affordable gas for public housing authorities. The commission shall authorize public housing authorities, created pursuant to chapter 25 or 26 of title 45, to participate in “business choice programs” provided the commission determines that the accounts are billed to and paid by a single housing provider; that the accounts are located on contiguous […]
§ 39-1-27.12. Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Plan. (a) The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Plan (hereinafter “LIHEAP Enhancement Plan”) is hereby created to supplement the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (“LIHEAP”) funding being received by customers of Rhode Island electric and gas distribution companies. (b) Within a period […]
§ 39-1-27.13. Alternative suppliers and purchase of receivables program. (a) The general assembly recognizes the importance of competitive choice in electric generation service. (b) The commission may implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate that is then offset from […]
§ 39-1-27.2. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 315, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 10, effective July 3, 2006.
§ 39-1-27.3. Electric distribution companies required to provide retail access, standard offer and last-resort service. (a) To promote economic development and the creation and preservation of employment opportunities within the state, each electric distribution company, except Pascoag Utility District, a quasi-municipal corporation, district, and subdivision of the state (“electric distribution company”), shall offer retail access […]
§ 39-1-27.3.1. Option to return to standard offer. (a) The commission may, notwithstanding the provisions of § 39-1-27.3, allow customers no longer eligible for standard-offer service to return to standard-offer service, subject to the process set forth in this section. The process shall be as follows: The commission shall hold hearings to determine whether there […]
§ 39-1-27.4. Transition charges authorized. (a) An electric distribution company that purchases power at wholesale from a wholesale power supplier under an all-requirements contract shall be authorized to execute an agreement terminating, in whole or in part, such all-requirements contracts on terms that require payment of a contract termination fee complying with the requirements in […]
§ 39-1-27.5. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 316, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 10, effective July 3, 2006.
§ 39-1-27.6. Standards of conduct. (a) An electric distribution company must conduct its business to conform with the standards of conduct specified in subsections (b) through (e). (b)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) and as authorized by the commission pursuant to § 39-1-27(g), the employees of the electric distribution company engaged in distribution-system operations […]
§ 39-1-27.7. System reliability and least-cost procurement. (a) Least-cost procurement shall comprise system reliability and energy efficiency and conservation procurement, as provided for in this section, and supply procurement, as provided for in § 39-1-27.8, as complementary but distinct activities that have as common purpose meeting electrical and natural gas energy needs in Rhode Island, […]
§ 39-1-27.7.1. Revenue decoupling. (a) The general assembly finds and declares that electricity and gas revenues shall be fully decoupled from sales pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and further finds and declares that any decoupling proposal submitted by an electric distribution company as defined in § 39-1-2(a)(12) or gas distribution company included as […]
§ 39-1-27.8. Supply procurement portfolio. Each electric distribution company shall submit a proposed supply procurement plan or plans to the commission not later than March 1, 2009, and each March 1 thereafter through March 1, 2018. The supply procurement plan or plans shall be consistent with the purposes of least-cost procurement and shall, as appropriate, […]
§ 39-1-27.9. Office of energy resources participation. In any commission inquiry into, or examination of, matters that relate to or could potentially impact any programs, functions, or duties of the office of energy resources and/or the energy efficiency and resources management council, including, but not limited to, those programs, functions and duties pursuant to this […]
§ 39-1-28. Acceptance of grants. The commission and the division are authorized and empowered to apply for and receive and accept, in the name of the state, grants, of property, money, and services and other assistance offered or made available to them by any person, any political subdivision or entity, or any other agency, governmental […]
