Title 39, Title 39 Utilities and Carriers

(a) The state shall establish a single, central statewide emergency 911 system equipped with selective call routing, automatic number identification, and automatic location identification. All telecommunication service providers who operate within this state shall provide access …

The 911 authority, or any other agency that may replace it, shall plan, implement, and operate the 911 system, as provided by this chapter.

The 911 system designs should include provisions for expansion to include capabilities not required in initial implementation. The public safety answering point may handle nonemergency calls by referring the caller to another number.

(a) The 911 system shall be capable of transmitting requests for law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency medical and ambulance services to a public safety agency or agencies that provide the requested service at the place where the call originates. In response to requests fo…

Every pay station telephone of a telephone common carrier served from a central office having a dial-tone-first capability shall permit a caller to dial 911, or to reach an operator by dialing “0,” without first inserting a coin or paying any other charge. No telephone common car…

This act may be cited as the “Prepaid Wireless Charge Act of 2010.”

The legislature finds that: (1) Maintaining effective and efficient emergency services across the state benefits all citizens; (2) 911 fees imposed upon the consumers of telecommunications services that have the ability to dial 911 are an important funding mechanism to assist sta…

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Consumer” means a person who purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications service in a retail transaction. (2) “Division” means the division of taxation. (3) “Prepaid wireless charge” means…

(a) Amount of charge. The prepaid wireless E-911 charge is hereby levied at the rate of two and one-half percent (2.5%) per retail transaction. (b) Collection of charge. The prepaid wireless charge shall be collected by the seller from the consumer with respect to each retail tra…

(a) Time and manner of payment. Prepaid wireless E-911 charges collected by sellers shall be remitted to the division at the times and in the manner provided by the streamlined sales and use tax as described in § 44-18.1-34. The division shall establish registration and payment p…

No liability regarding 911 service. No provider or seller of prepaid wireless telecommunications service shall be liable for damages to any person resulting from or incurred in connection with the provision of, or failure to provide, 911 or E-911 service, or for identifying, or f…

The prepaid wireless charge imposed by this act shall be the only E-911 funding obligation imposed with respect to prepaid wireless telecommunications service in this state, and no tax, fee, surcharge, or other charge shall be imposed by this state, any political subdivision of t…

The purpose of this chapter is to encourage and facilitate the creation of commercially reasonable long-term contracts between electric distribution companies and developers or sponsors of newly developed renewable energy resources with the goals of stabilizing long-term energy p…

(a) The general assembly finds that while the commission develops new energy market rules for the use of energy storage systems, it is in the public interest to support the deployment of the following energy storage capacity: (1) Ninety megawatts (90 MW) by December 31, 2026; (2)…

Terms not defined in this chapter shall have the same meaning as contained in chapter 26 of this title. When used in this chapter: (1) “Commercially reasonable” means terms and pricing that are reasonably consistent with what an experienced power market analyst would expect to se…

(a) Beginning on or before July 1, 2010, each electric distribution company shall be required to annually solicit proposals from renewable energy developers and, provided commercially reasonable proposals have been received, enter into long-term contracts with terms of up to fift…

In order to achieve the purposes of this chapter, electric distribution companies shall be entitled to financial remuneration and incentives for long-term contracts for newly developed renewable energy resources, which are over and above the base rate revenue requirement establis…

(a) Electric distribution companies shall submit to the commission for review and approval all long-term contracts for newly developed renewable energy resources proposed to be entered into in accordance with this chapter. (b) Unless the commission approves otherwise, all energy …

The long-term contract standard set forth in this chapter shall be separate and distinct from the renewable energy standard set forth in chapter 26 of this title.

(a) The general assembly finds it is in the public interest for the state to facilitate the construction of a small-scale offshore wind demonstration project off the coast of Block Island, including an undersea transmission cable that interconnects Block Island to the mainland in…

(a) Upon certification by the department of administration identifying the developer selected by the state to develop a utility-scale offshore wind farm, the developer may file an application under this section within one hundred eighty (180) days of the certification by the depa…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary: (1) The Narragansett Electric Company is hereby authorized, at its sole discretion, to procure a commercially reasonable long-term contract for a newly developed renewable energy resource fueled by landfill gas…

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as “The Distributed Generation Standard Contracts Act.”

(a) There is hereby authorized, created, and established a board to be known as “The Distributed Generation Standard Contract Board” with the powers and duties set forth in this chapter. (b) The purposes of this board are to: (1) Evaluate and make recommendations to the commissio…

(a) The board shall consist of ten (10) members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate; seven (7) members shall be voting members, and the governor shall give due consideration to appointing persons with knowledge of: (1) Energy regulation and law; (2…

(a) The board shall have the power to: (1) Develop and recommend to the public utilities commission, for review and approval, ceiling prices for standard contracts under the distributed-generation standard contracts; (2) Develop and recommend to the commission adjustments up or d…

This chapter shall be construed liberally in aid of its declared purposes.

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the …

The purpose of this chapter is to facilitate and promote installation of grid-connected generation of renewable energy; support and encourage development of distributed renewable energy generation systems; reduce environmental impacts; reduce carbon emissions that contribute to c…

When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Annual target” means the target for total renewable energy nameplate capacity of new distributed-generation standard contracts set out in § 39-26.2-4. (2) “Board” shall mean the distributed gen…

(a) To the extent eligible projects are available and submit conforming applications, an electric distribution company shall enter into standard contracts for an aggregate nameplate capacity of at least forty megawatts (40 MW) of distributed-generation projects by the end of 2014…

(a) Within a period of time sufficient to accomplish the purposes of this section, but not longer than ninety (90) days after the effective date of this chapter, the board shall set ceiling prices and annual targets for each renewable energy class of distributed generation for th…

(a) Each electric distribution company shall conduct at least three (3) standard contract enrollments during each program year; however, during 2011, the electric distribution company need only conduct one enrollment. Each enrollment shall be open for a two-week (2) period during…

The following process shall be implemented to establish the non-price terms and conditions of the standard contract: (1) A working group (“contract working group”) shall be established and supervised by the board, consisting of the following members: (i) The director of the offic…

(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 d…

Except as expressly differentiated in this chapter, standard contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be treated for all purposes as long-term contracts entered into under the provisions of the long-term contracting standards for renewable energy found in chapter 26.…

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the expeditious completion of the application process for renewable distributed generation is in the public interest. For this reason, certain standards and other provisions for the processing of applications are hereby set fort…

The following terms shall have the meanings given below for purposes of this chapter: (1) “Applicant” means an electric distribution customer or distributed-generation developer who submits an application to the electric distribution company for the installation of a renewable di…

(a) The application process set out in this section shall be applicable to electric distribution companies thirty (30) days after the enactment of this chapter. (b) An applicant for a renewable distributed-generation interconnection must submit an application to the electric dist…

(a) After thirty (30) days from the enactment of this chapter until the end of calendar year 2012, the feasibility study fee shall be in accordance with the schedule set forth below: (1) Residential applicants for interconnections of UL 1741.1 approved renewable distributed gener…

(a) The electric distribution company may only charge an interconnecting, renewable energy customer for any system modifications to its electric power system specifically necessary for and directly related to the interconnection. (b) If the public utilities commission determines …

This chapter shall be construed liberally in aid of its policy objective.

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or application of the chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the pr…

The purpose of this chapter is to facilitate and promote installation of customer-sited, grid-connected generation of renewable energy; to support and encourage customer development of renewable generation systems; to reduce environmental and siting impacts; to reduce carbon emis…

Terms not defined in this section herein shall have the same meaning as contained in chapter 26 of this title. When used in this chapter: (1) “Community remote net-metering system” means a facility generating electricity using an eligible net-metering resource that allocates net-…

(a) The following policies regarding net metering of electricity from eligible net-metering systems and community remote net-metering systems and regarding any person that is a renewable self-generator shall apply: (1)(i) The maximum allowable capacity for eligible net-metering s…