Section 39-32-3. – Collocation of small wireless facilities on authority poles and authority structures.
§ 39-32-3. Collocation of small wireless facilities on authority poles and authority structures. An authority may require a person to obtain a building, electrical, or a public right-of-way use or work permit to collocate small wireless facilities on authority poles or authority structures, provided such permits are of general applicability and do not apply exclusively […]
Section 39-32-4. – Action on permit applications.
§ 39-32-4. Action on permit applications. (a) An authority shall approve an application for a permit under this chapter unless the collocation does not meet applicable building or electrical codes or, if applicable, standards for construction in the right-of-way, provided such codes and standards are of general applicability. The authority must document the basis for […]
Section 39-31-2. – Purpose.
§ 39-31-2. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to: (1) Secure the future of the Rhode Island and New England economies, and their shared environment, by making state and/or coordinated, cost-effective, strategic investments in energy resources and infrastructure such that the New England states improve energy system reliability and security; enhance economic competitiveness by […]
Section 39-31-3. – Commercially reasonable defined.
§ 39-31-3. Commercially reasonable defined. When used in this chapter, “commercially reasonable” means terms and pricing that are reasonably consistent with what an experienced power market analyst would expect to see in transactions involving regional energy resources and regional energy infrastructure. Commercially reasonable shall include having a credible project operation date, as determined by the […]
Section 39-31-4. – Regional energy planning.
§ 39-31-4. Regional energy planning. (a) Consistent with the purposes of this chapter, and utilizing regional stakeholder processes where appropriate, the office of energy resources, in consultation and coordination with the division of public utilities and carriers and the public utility company that provides electric distribution as defined in § 39-1-2(a)(12) as well as natural […]
Section 39-31-5. – State and regional energy procurement.
§ 39-31-5. State and regional energy procurement. (a) Consistent with the purposes of this chapter, the public utility company that provides electric distribution as defined in § 39-1-2(a)(12), as well as natural gas as defined in § 39-1-2(a)(17), in consultation with the office of energy resources and the division of public utilities and carriers is […]
Section 39-31-6. – Utility filings with the public utilities commission.
§ 39-31-6. Utility filings with the public utilities commission. (a) Pursuant to the procurement activities in § 39-31-5 or § 39-31-10, the public utility company that provides electric distribution as defined in § 39-1-2(a)(12), as well the public utilities that distribute natural gas as provided by § 39-1-2(a)(20), are authorized to voluntarily file proposals with […]
Section 39-30-2. – Definitions.
§ 39-30-2. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Electric distribution company” means a company defined in § 39-1-2(a)(12), supplying standard-offer service, last-resort service, or any successor service to end-use customers. (2) “Lighting equipment” means all equipment used to light streets in the municipality, the operation and […]
Section 39-30-3. – Streetlight investment.
§ 39-30-3. Streetlight investment. (a) Any city or town receiving streetlighting service from an electric distribution company pursuant to an electric-rate tariff providing for the use by such municipality of lighting equipment owned by the electric distribution company, at its option, upon sixty (60) days’ notice to the electric company and to the office, and […]
Section 39-30-4. – Liberal construction.
§ 39-30-4. Liberal construction. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to give effect to the purposes thereof. History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 245, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 367, § 1.