(a)  Rhode Island has established a system-benefits charge (SBC), a portion of which is dedicated to supporting renewable energy, administered in accordance with the provisions of § 39-2-1.2(b) and (c); other states have similar policies. The office of energy resources is hereby directed to collaborate with the division of public utilities and carriers, the trustees of the renewable energy development fund, the distribution company with other interests and parties, as appropriate, in maximizing the combined impact and efficiency of the renewable energy program established by § 39-2-1.2(b) and (c) and the renewable energy standard.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-26-8

  • 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
  • Division: means the division of public utilities and carriers. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
  • Generation attributes: means the nonprice characteristics of the electrical energy output of a generation unit including, but not limited to, the unit's fuel type, emissions, vintage, and policy eligibility. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26-2
  • NE-GIS: means the generation information system operated by NEPOOL, its designee or successor entity, that includes a generation information database and certificate system, and that accounts for the generation attributes of electrical energy consumed within NEPOOL. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26-2
  • Obligated entity: means a person or entity who or that sells electrical energy to end-use customers in Rhode Island, including, but not limited to: nonregulated power producers and electric utility distribution companies, as defined in § 39-1-2, supplying standard-offer service, last-resort service, or any successor service to end-use customers, including Narragansett Electric, but not to include Block Island Power Company as described in § 39-26-7 or Pascoag Utility District. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26-2

(b)  It is the intent of this chapter that generation attributes and NE-GIS certificates applied towards Rhode Island renewable energy standard compliance may not be used towards compliance with state renewable energy obligations relating to an obligated entity‘s load in other states.

History of Section.
P.L. 2004, ch. 199, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 236, § 8; P.L. 2006, ch. 237, § 8.