Section 39-1-36. – Offices of commission and division.
§ 39-1-36. Offices of commission and division. The department of administration shall furnish the commission with suitable offices, quarters in which to hold its meetings and transact its business, and a properly appointed hearing room adequate to accommodate the public, witnesses, stenographers, and the commissioners and their clerks. The department of administration shall furnish the […]
Section 39-1-37. – “Public utility administrator” defined — Continuity of functions.
§ 39-1-37. “Public utility administrator” defined — Continuity of functions. Wherever in any general or public law the words “public utility administrator” appears, the same words shall be deemed to refer to and mean administrator of the division of public utilities and carriers. The governor is authorized to transfer or reallocate, by executive order, the […]
Section 39-1-37.1. – Ratepayers advisory board.
§ 39-1-37.1. Ratepayers advisory board. (a) There is hereby established the ratepayers advisory board. The advisory board shall consist of the following public members: (1) Four (4) members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom shall represent the interests of residential ratepayers; one of whom shall represent the interests of […]
Section 39-1-27.12. – Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Plan.
§ 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 […]
Section 39-1-27.13. – Alternative suppliers and purchase of receivables program.
§ 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 […]
Section 39-1-28. – Acceptance of grants.
§ 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 […]
Section 39-1-29. – Proceedings before federal agencies — Cooperation with other agencies.
§ 39-1-29. Proceedings before federal agencies — Cooperation with other agencies. The administrator shall represent the state in proceedings before agencies of the federal government on all matters affecting public utility services rendered, or to be rendered, in this state, and shall participate with other governmental and private agencies in studying integration or coordination of […]
Section 39-1-30. – Zoning review — Approval of ordinances and regulations.
§ 39-1-30. Zoning review — Approval of ordinances and regulations. Every ruling, decision, and order of a zoning board of review and of a building, gas, water, health, or electrical inspector of any municipality affecting the placing, erection, and maintenance of any plant, building, wires, conductors, fixtures, structures, equipment, or apparatus of any company under […]
Section 39-1-30.1. – Validation of location of utilities.
§ 39-1-30.1. Validation of location of utilities. The locations for all lines for the transmission or distribution of electric current or for the providing of audio or visual telephonic or telegraphic communication service heretofore acquired or constructed by public utilities as defined under § 39-1-2, upon, along, under, or over the public ways and places […]
Section 39-1-30.2. – Possession of land adverse to a utility.
§ 39-1-30.2. Possession of land adverse to a utility. No interest in real property of an electric distribution company, electric transmission company, gas, telephone, or water utility may be defeated or otherwise adversely affected by the use, possession, or occupancy of the real property by any person. History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 123, § 1; […]