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 39-1-27.3.1. – Option to return to standard offer.
§ 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 […]
Section 39-1-27.4. – Transition charges authorized.
§ 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 […]
Section 39-1-27.5. – [Repealed.]
§ 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 [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 316, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 10, effective July 3, 2006.
Section 39-1-27.6. – Standards of conduct.
§ 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 […]
Section 39-1-27.7. – System reliability and least-cost procurement.
§ 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, […]
Section 39-1-27.7.1. – Revenue decoupling.
§ 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 […]
Section 39-1-27.8. – Supply procurement portfolio.
§ 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, […]