(a)  After each enrollment during a program year, the electric distribution companies shall provide a report to the board, office of energy resources, and the commission of the aggregate amount of project nameplate capacity that was the subject of standard contracts entered into during that enrollment and the prices under each of the standard contracts that were executed.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-8

  • Board: shall mean the distributed generation standard contract board established pursuant to the provisions of Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
  • Commission: means the Rhode Island public utilities commission. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
  • Company: means and includes a person, firm, partnership, corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, association, joint-stock association or company, and his, her, its, or their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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, but not including the Block Island Power Company or the Pascoag Utility District. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
  • Office: means the Rhode Island office of energy resources. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3
  • Program year: means a calendar year beginning January 1 and ending December 31. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.2-3

(b)  Each quarter of a program year, the electric distribution company shall provide an accounting to the office of energy resources, the board, and the commission of the total amount paid to distributed-generation facilities under standard contracts during that quarter, until the forty megawatt (40 MW) target is met.

(c)  Until the forty megawatt (40 MW) target is met, the electric distribution company shall submit preliminary reports to the office of energy resources, the board, and the commission indicating the number of standard contracts and total estimated annual generation, price, class, and any other relevant information for the purposes of better specifying classes, targets, or standard contract prices so as to achieve the purposes set forth in this chapter. These reports shall be submitted no later than sixty (60) days prior to the end of the calendar year.

(d)  The electric distribution company shall in consultation with the office utilize uniform standard forms for evaluating project proposals and shall rank projects according to uniform criteria.

(e)  At the end of each enrollment, the electric distribution company shall, upon request by an applicant, provide the applicant with written feedback on the evaluation of the applicant’s project proposal.

History of Section.
P.L. 2011, ch. 129, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 143, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 167, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 202, § 2.