Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.8-8. Standard form addendum for power purchase agreement
The standard disclosure form shall include an addendum that applies if a solar retailer is proposing to enter into a power purchase agreement with a potential customer. The power purchase addendum shall include:
(1) The following statement: “You are entering into an agreement to purchase power from an energy generation system. You will not own the system installed on your property. You will not be entitled to any federal tax credit associated with the purchase.”;
(2) Fields requiring information about whether the power purchase agreement may be transferred to a purchaser of the home or real property where the system is located and, if so, any conditions for a transfer;
(3) A field to indicate whether the solar retailer will obtain insurance. The field shall be accompanied by the statement: “If indicated above, the solar retailer will not obtain insurance against damage or loss to the system and the customer is responsible if there is damage or loss to the system.”; and
(4) Fields requiring information about what will happen to the system at the end of the term of the power purchase agreement.
History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 255, § 1, effective June 28, 2022; P.L. 2022, ch. 256, § 1, effective June 28, 2022.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.8-8
- Customer: means a person who, for primarily personal, family, or household purposes:
(i) Purchases a residential solar energy system under a system purchase agreement;
(ii) Leases a residential solar energy system under a system lease agreement; or
(iii) Purchases electricity under a power purchase agreement. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.8-2
- Power purchase agreement: means an agreement:
(i) Between a customer and a solar retailer;
(ii) For the customer's purchase of electricity generated by a residential solar energy system owned by the solar retailer; and
(iii) That provides for the customer to make payments over a term of at least five (5) years. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.8-2
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Solar retailer: means a person who:
(i) Sells or proposes to sell a residential solar energy system to a customer under a system purchase agreement;
(ii) Owns the residential solar energy system that is the subject of a system lease agreement or proposed system lease agreement; or
(iii) Sells or proposes to sell electricity to a customer under a power purchase agreement. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-26.8-2