Rhode Island General Laws
Title 39 - Public Utilities and Carriers

Section 39-14.1-3. - Certificate required for public motor vehicle operation — Application and fee. - § 39-14.1-3. Certificate required for public motor vehicle operation —...

Section 39-14.1-4. - Hearing on application. - § 39-14.1-4. Hearing on application. Upon receipt of an application,...

Section 39-14.1-5. - Safety and sanitary condition of vehicles — Inspection. - § 39-14.1-5. Safety and sanitary condition of vehicles — Inspection....

Section 39-14.1-6. - Operations of public motor vehicles. - § 39-14.1-6. Operations of public motor vehicles. No public motor...

Section 39-14.1-7. - Proof of financial responsibility. - § 39-14.1-7. Proof of financial responsibility. The owner of any...

Section 39-14.1-8. - Licensing of operators. - § 39-14.1-8. Licensing of operators. No person shall operate a...

Section 39-14.1-9. - Penalty for violations. - § 39-14.1-9. Penalty for violations. (a) Any person, firm, or...

Section 39-14.1-10. - Certification of business previously established. - § 39-14.1-10. Certification of business previously established. The business of...

Chapter 39-14.2 - Transportation Network Company Services

Section 39-14.2-1. - Definitions. - § 39-14.2-1. Definitions. Terms in this chapter shall be construed...

Section 39-14.2-2. - Not other carriers. - § 39-14.2-2. Not other carriers. (a) TNCs or TNC drivers...

Section 39-14.2-3. - Powers of division. - § 39-14.2-3. Powers of division. (a) Every person operating a...

Section 39-14.2-4. - Audit procedures. - § 39-14.2-4. Audit procedures. (a) For the sole purpose of...

Section 39-14.2-5. - Permit required of transportation network company. - § 39-14.2-5. Permit required of transportation network company. (a) No...

Section 39-14.2-6. - Transportation network services administration reserve account — Recovery of administrative and enforcement expenses. - § 39-14.2-6. Transportation network services administration reserve account — Recovery...

Section 39-14.2-7. - Transportation network company operators or TNC operators, TNC drivers. - § 39-14.2-7. Transportation network company operators or TNC operators, TNC...

Section 39-14.2-8. - Solicitation and acceptance of TNC service requests. - § 39-14.2-8. Solicitation and acceptance of TNC service requests. TNC...

Section 39-14.2-9. - Vehicles to be utilized to provide TNC services. - § 39-14.2-9. Vehicles to be utilized to provide TNC services....

Section 39-14.2-10. - Electronic identification of TNC vehicles and drivers by TNC. - § 39-14.2-10. Electronic identification of TNC vehicles and drivers by...

Section 39-14.2-11. - Transportation network affiliation placards required. - § 39-14.2-11. Transportation network affiliation placards required. (a) No personal...

Section 39-14.2-12. - Fare charged for TNC services provided. - § 39-14.2-12. Fare charged for TNC services provided. (a) On...

Section 39-14.2-13. - Rights of TNC riders. - § 39-14.2-13. Rights of TNC riders. (a) Within a reasonable...

Section 39-14.2-14. - Proof of financial responsibility of transportation network companies. - § 39-14.2-14. Proof of financial responsibility of transportation network companies....

Section 39-14.2-15. - TNC and insurer disclosure requirements. - § 39-14.2-15. TNC and insurer disclosure requirements. (a) The TNC...

Section 39-14.2-16. - Limitations on TNCs. - § 39-14.2-16. Limitations on TNCs. TNC drivers shall be independent...

Section 39-14.2-17. - Alcohol/drug use strictly prohibited. - § 39-14.2-17. Alcohol/drug use strictly prohibited. (a) The TNC shall...

Section 39-14.2-18. - Controlling authority. - § 39-14.2-18. Controlling authority. All provisions of this chapter, with...

Section 39-14.2-19. - Airport Corporation Authority. - § 39-14.2-19. Airport Corporation Authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of §...

Section 39-14.2-20. - Business records to be maintained, retained by transportation network companies. - § 39-14.2-20. Business records to be maintained, retained by transportation...

Section 39-14.2-21. - Anti-discrimination — Handicapped accessibility. - § 39-14.2-21. Anti-discrimination — Handicapped accessibility. (a) A transportation network...

Section 39-14.2-22. - Penalties for violations by TNCs or TNC operators. - § 39-14.2-22. Penalties for violations by TNCs or TNC operators....

Chapter 39-15 - Water Supply

Section 39-15-1. - Power of condemnation for water supply purposes — Changes in highways. - § 39-15-1. Power of condemnation for water supply purposes —...

Section 39-15-2. - Payment for property taken. - § 39-15-2. Payment for property taken. Whenever any property or...

Section 39-15-3. - Riparian rights as to tidelands. - § 39-15-3. Riparian rights as to tidelands. If any land...

Section 39-15-4. - Bond to pay damages for property taken. - § 39-15-4. Bond to pay damages for property taken. Whenever...

Section 39-15-5. - Plat and description of property condemned. - § 39-15-5. Plat and description of property condemned. The town,...

Section 39-15-6. - Notice of condemnation proceedings. - § 39-15-6. Notice of condemnation proceedings. Upon the filing of...

Section 39-15-7. - Hearing on condemnation — Commissioners to appraise damages — Award. - § 39-15-7. Hearing on condemnation — Commissioners to appraise damages...

Section 39-15-8. - Jury trial on damages. - § 39-15-8. Jury trial on damages. Upon the payment of...

Section 39-15-9. - Judgment on award or verdict. - § 39-15-9. Judgment on award or verdict. Whenever the report...

Section 39-15-10. - Amendment of proceedings. - § 39-15-10. Amendment of proceedings. Any proceeding in taking any...

Section 39-15-11. - Grant of right to lay pipes and build reservoirs — Exemption from taxation. - § 39-15-11. Grant of right to lay pipes and build...

Section 39-15-12. - Liability of landowner for water charges — Lien. - § 39-15-12. Liability of landowner for water charges — Lien....

Chapter 39-15.1 - Water Suppliers Subject to Commission Rate Regulation

Section 39-15.1-1. - Purposes. - § 39-15.1-1. Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are to:...

Section 39-15.1-2. - Definitions. - § 39-15.1-2. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the...

Section 39-15.1-3. - Rates. - § 39-15.1-3. Rates. (a) Adequacy. The rates of water suppliers...

Section 39-15.1-4. - Optional multiyear rate plans. - § 39-15.1-4. Optional multiyear rate plans. (a) Water suppliers may,...

Chapter 39-16 - Kent County Water District

Section 39-16-1. - Definitions. - § 39-16-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter the following...

Section 39-16-2. - District created. - § 39-16-2. District created. There is hereby created a district...

Section 39-16-3. - Board created. - § 39-16-3. Board created. A board to be known as...

Section 39-16-4. - Composition of board. - § 39-16-4. Composition of board. (a) The board shall consist...

Section 39-16-5. - Officers and employees of board. - § 39-16-5. Officers and employees of board. The chairperson of...

Section 39-16-6. - Compensation of members and agents. - § 39-16-6. Compensation of members and agents. Each member of...

Section 39-16-7. - Business prohibited to members. - § 39-16-7. Business prohibited to members. No member of the...

Section 39-16-8. - Powers of authority. - § 39-16-8. Powers of authority. The authority shall have power:...

Section 39-16-9. - Application of public utility law — Rate determination. - § 39-16-9. Application of public utility law — Rate determination....

Section 39-16-10. - Power to issue bonds — Pledge of revenues. - § 39-16-10. Power to issue bonds — Pledge of revenues....

Section 39-16-11. - Terms and sale of bonds — Refunding. - § 39-16-11. Terms and sale of bonds — Refunding. (a)...

Section 39-16-12. - Covenants permissible in bond resolution. - § 39-16-12. Covenants permissible in bond resolution. Any resolution or...

Section 39-16-13. - Tax exemption. - § 39-16-13. Tax exemption. It is hereby declared that the...

Section 39-16-14. - Payments in lieu of taxes. - § 39-16-14. Payments in lieu of taxes. The authority shall...

Section 39-16-15. - Pledge not to alter rights of authority. - § 39-16-15. Pledge not to alter rights of authority. The...

Section 39-16-16. - Bonds as legal investments. - § 39-16-16. Bonds as legal investments. The bonds are hereby...

Section 39-16-17. - Money of authority. - § 39-16-17. Money of authority. All money of the authority,...

Section 39-16-18. - Right to alter, amend, or repeal chapter. - § 39-16-18. Right to alter, amend, or repeal chapter. The...

Section 39-16-19. - Severability. - § 39-16-19. Severability. If any section, clause, provision, or term...

Section 39-16-20. - Supplementary powers. - § 39-16-20. Supplementary powers. The authority, in addition to any...

Section 39-16-21. - Transfer on dissolution. - § 39-16-21. Transfer on dissolution. If the authority shall be...

Section 39-16-22. - Notes. - § 39-16-22. Notes. The authority may, by resolution, authorize the...

Chapter 39-17 - Franchises

Section 39-17-1. - Power of town or city to grant franchises. - § 39-17-1. Power of town or city to grant franchises....

Section 39-17-2. - Purposes for which permitted — Duration — Protection of existing businesses — Landowner’s rights. - § 39-17-2. Purposes for which permitted — Duration — Protection...

Section 39-17-3. - Franchise tax payable to city or town. - § 39-17-3. Franchise tax payable to city or town. Every...

Section 39-17-4. - Apportionment of gross earnings among cities and towns. - § 39-17-4. Apportionment of gross earnings among cities and towns....

Section 39-17-5. - Delinquencies in franchise tax. - § 39-17-5. Delinquencies in franchise tax. In case any corporation...

Section 39-17-6. - Rate increases during term of franchise. - § 39-17-6. Rate increases during term of franchise. No corporation...

Section 39-17-7. - Town regulatory powers — Appeal. - § 39-17-7. Town regulatory powers — Appeal. The use and...

Section 39-17-8. - Charges for use of streets. - § 39-17-8. Charges for use of streets. No city or...

Chapter 39-18 - Rhode Island Public Transit Authority

Section 39-18-1. - Definitions. - § 39-18-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following...

Section 39-18-1.1. - Findings. - § 39-18-1.1. Findings. It is hereby found and declared as...

Section 39-18-2. - Authority created — Composition — Terms — Oath — Officers — Quorum — Compensation — Conflicts of interest. - § 39-18-2. Authority created — Composition — Terms — Oath...

Section 39-18-3. - Purposes of the authority. - § 39-18-3. Purposes of the authority. (a) It shall be...

Section 39-18-4. - Powers and duties of the authority. - § 39-18-4. Powers and duties of the authority. (a) The...

Section 39-18-4.1. - Health and safety of passengers. - § 39-18-4.1. Health and safety of passengers. (a) The authority...

Section 39-18-4.2. - Alteration of bus route — Public hearing. - § 39-18-4.2. Alteration of bus route — Public hearing. (a)...

Section 39-18-5. - Credit of state and political subdivisions not pledged. - § 39-18-5. Credit of state and political subdivisions not pledged....

Section 39-18-6. - Eminent domain proceedings. - § 39-18-6. Eminent domain proceedings. (a) The authority shall have...

Section 39-18-7. - Bonds. - § 39-18-7. Bonds. (a) The authority is hereby authorized to...

Section 39-18-8. - Trust agreement — Other security for bonds. - § 39-18-8. Trust agreement — Other security for bonds. Bonds...

Section 39-18-9. - Revenues. - § 39-18-9. Revenues. The authority is hereby authorized and empowered...

Section 39-18-10. - Trust funds. - § 39-18-10. Trust funds. All moneys received pursuant to the...

Section 39-18-11. - Remedies. - § 39-18-11. Remedies. Any holder of bonds issued under the...

Section 39-18-12. - Exemptions from taxation. - § 39-18-12. Exemptions from taxation. The exercise of the powers...

Section 39-18-13. - Bonds eligible for investment. - § 39-18-13. Bonds eligible for investment. Bonds issued by the...

Section 39-18-14. - Negotiable instruments. - § 39-18-14. Negotiable instruments. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions...

Section 39-18-15. - Refunding bonds. - § 39-18-15. Refunding bonds. (a) The authority is hereby authorized...

Section 39-18-16. - Limitation of powers. - § 39-18-16. Limitation of powers. The state does hereby pledge...

Section 39-18-17. - Labor relations with employees of acquired transit facilities. - § 39-18-17. Labor relations with employees of acquired transit facilities....

Section 39-18-18. - Action by resolution — Reports — Audits. - § 39-18-18. Action by resolution — Reports — Audits. (a)...

Section 39-18-18.1. - Authority deemed instrumentality and political subdivision of state. - § 39-18-18.1. Authority deemed instrumentality and political subdivision of state....

Section 39-18-19. - Severability. - § 39-18-19. Severability. The provisions of this chapter are severable,...

Section 39-18-20. - Use of services of department of transportation. - § 39-18-20. Use of services of department of transportation. The...

Section 39-18-21. - Agreements and certifications regarding state and federal funds. - § 39-18-21. Agreements and certifications regarding state and federal funds....

Section 39-18-22. - State appropriations. - § 39-18-22. State appropriations. The general assembly shall appropriate annually...

Section 39-18-23. - Medical care available to employees. - § 39-18-23. Medical care available to employees. (a) All eligible...

Section 39-18-24. - John J. MacDonald, Jr. Transportation Initiative. - § 39-18-24. John J. MacDonald, Jr. Transportation Initiative. (a) The...

Chapter 39-18.1 - Transportation Investment and Debt Reduction Act of 2011

Section 39-18.1-1. - Short title. - § 39-18.1-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 39-18.1-2. - Legislative findings. - § 39-18.1-2. Legislative findings. The general assembly finds that: (1)...

Section 39-18.1-3. - Definitions. - § 39-18.1-3. Definitions. When used in this chapter: (1) “Department...

Section 39-18.1-4. - Rhode Island highway maintenance account created. - § 39-18.1-4. Rhode Island highway maintenance account created. (a) There...

Section 39-18.1-5. - Allocation of funds. - § 39-18.1-5. Allocation of funds. (a) The monies in the...

Section 39-18.1-6. - Severability. - § 39-18.1-6. Severability. If any of the provisions of this...

Chapter 39-19 - Community Antenna Television Systems

Section 39-19-1. - “Community antenna television system” defined. - § 39-19-1. “Community antenna television system” defined. “Community antenna television...

Section 39-19-2. - Subjection to regulation. - § 39-19-2. Subjection to regulation. Every company owning or operating...

Section 39-19-3. - Certificate required. - § 39-19-3. Certificate required. No person or company shall operate...

Section 39-19-4. - Persons entitled to certificate. - § 39-19-4. Persons entitled to certificate. A certificate shall be...

Section 39-19-5. - Contents of certificate. - § 39-19-5. Contents of certificate. Each certificate shall specify the...

Section 39-19-6. - Jurisdiction of division. - § 39-19-6. Jurisdiction of division. The division shall supervise and...

Section 39-19-6.1. - Public, education and government television studios and equipment. - § 39-19-6.1. Public, education and government television studios and equipment....

Section 39-19-7. - Placing of poles and cables. - § 39-19-7. Placing of poles and cables. (a) Every CATV...

Section 39-19-7.1. - Removal of poles and cables. - § 39-19-7.1. Removal of poles and cables. (a) Whenever, in...

Section 39-19-8. - Revocation or change of certificate. - § 39-19-8. Revocation or change of certificate. The commission may,...

Section 39-19-8.1. - Administrative civil penalties. - § 39-19-8.1. Administrative civil penalties. The administrator may, in his...

Section 39-19-9. - Administrative expenses — Assessment against franchise holders. - § 39-19-9. Administrative expenses — Assessment against franchise holders. (a)...

Section 39-19-10. - Installation of cable television, telephone, telecommunications, or information service in multiple dwelling or commercial units. - § 39-19-10. Installation of cable television, telephone, telecommunications, or information...

Section 39-19-10.1. - Installation of cable television in mobile or manufactured home parks. - § 39-19-10.1. Installation of cable television in mobile or manufactured...

Section 39-19-11. - Right of cancellation. - § 39-19-11. Right of cancellation. Subscribers to cable television may...

Section 39-19-12. - Billing to subscribers. - § 39-19-12. Billing to subscribers. The cable television section of...

Section 39-19-13. - Payment for services — Late charges. - § 39-19-13. Payment for services — Late charges. No subscriber...

Section 39-19-14. - Recovery of expenses from cable television companies. - § 39-19-14. Recovery of expenses from cable television companies. (a)...

Chapter 39-20 - Ownership of Electric-Generating Facilities

Section 39-20-1. - Declaration of public necessity. - § 39-20-1. Declaration of public necessity. Since reliable and economic...

Section 39-20-2. - Definitions. - § 39-20-2. Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise...

Section 39-20-3. - Powers of domestic electric utilities. - § 39-20-3. Powers of domestic electric utilities. Notwithstanding any contrary...

Section 39-20-4. - Powers of foreign electric utilities and nonregulated power producers. - § 39-20-4. Powers of foreign electric utilities and nonregulated power...

Section 39-20-5. - Regulation of foreign electric utilities. - § 39-20-5. Regulation of foreign electric utilities. (a) A foreign...

Section 39-20-6. - Joint ownership and waiver of the right of partition. - § 39-20-6. Joint ownership and waiver of the right of...

Section 39-20-7. - Taxation. - § 39-20-7. Taxation. (a) The interests of domestic electric utilities...

Section 39-20-8. - Regulation of activities of domestic electric utilities without the state. - § 39-20-8. Regulation of activities of domestic electric utilities without...

Section 39-20-9. - [Repealed.] - § 39-20-9. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 215, §...

Section 39-20-10. - Issuance of securities to finance electric-generating facilities. - § 39-20-10. Issuance of securities to finance electric-generating facilities. (a)...

Section 39-20-11. - Zoning and other municipal regulation. - § 39-20-11. Zoning and other municipal regulation. For purposes of...

Section 39-20-12. - Construction and severability. - § 39-20-12. Construction and severability. This chapter shall be construed...

Chapter 39-21 - E-911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System Division

Section 39-21-1. - Legislative findings. - § 39-21-1. Legislative findings. It is hereby found and disclosed...

Section 39-21-2. - Establishment of the E-911 uniform emergency telephone system division. - § 39-21-2. Establishment of the E-911 uniform emergency telephone system...

Section 39-21-3. - Personnel. - § 39-21-3. Personnel. (a) The governor shall appoint an associate...

Section 39-21-4. - Advisory commission. - § 39-21-4. Advisory commission. (a) There shall be an E-911...

Section 39-21-5. - Other references to E-911 uniform emergency telephone system — References to “the project” or to “9-1-1 system.” - § 39-21-5. Other references to E-911 uniform emergency telephone system...

Section 39-21-6. - Cooperation with federal government. - § 39-21-6. Cooperation with federal government. (a) The division shall...

Section 39-21-7. - Applications for federal and state aid. - § 39-21-7. Applications for federal and state aid. Whenever it...

Section 39-21-8. - Use of federal and state funds. - § 39-21-8. Use of federal and state funds. The division...

Section 39-21-9. - Receipt and deposit of federal funds. - § 39-21-9. Receipt and deposit of federal funds. All money...

Section 39-21-10. - Appropriation of revenues. - § 39-21-10. Appropriation of revenues. With the exception of money...

Section 39-21-11. - Rules and regulations — Review. - § 39-21-11. Rules and regulations — Review. The division may...

Section 39-21-12. - Cost of E-911 service to provider. - § 39-21-12. Cost of E-911 service to provider. The telephone...

Section 39-21-13. - Division expenses as cost of project. - § 39-21-13. Division expenses as cost of project. The expenses...

Section 39-21-14. - Cooperation and coordination with other agencies. - § 39-21-14. Cooperation and coordination with other agencies. In the...

Section 39-21-15. - Liberal construction. - § 39-21-15. Liberal construction. The provisions of this chapter shall...

Section 39-21-16. - State agencies — Toll-free telephone line. - § 39-21-16. State agencies — Toll-free telephone line. The state...

Section 39-21-17. - Next generation 911. - § 39-21-17. Next generation 911. The E-911 uniform emergency telephone...

Chapter 39-21.1 - 911 Emergency Telephone Number Act

Section 39-21.1-1. - Purpose. - § 39-21.1-1. Purpose. (a) The purpose of this chapter is...

Section 39-21.1-2. - Short title. - § 39-21.1-2. Short title. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 39-21.1-3. - Definitions. - § 39-21.1-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Automatic...

Section 39-21.1-4. - Confidentiality. - § 39-21.1-4. Confidentiality. Automatic number identification (ANI) and automatic location...

Section 39-21.1-5. - Establishment of 911 service. - § 39-21.1-5. Establishment of 911 service. (a) The state shall...

Section 39-21.1-6. - Other agencies — E-911 authority. - § 39-21.1-6. Other agencies — E-911 authority. The 911 authority,...

Section 39-21.1-7. - Methods of handling emergency telephone calls. - § 39-21.1-7. Methods of handling emergency telephone calls. The 911...

Section 39-21.1-8. - Emergency services included in system. - § 39-21.1-8. Emergency services included in system. (a) The 911...

Section 39-21.1-9. - Pay telephones, dialing without a coin. - § 39-21.1-9. Pay telephones, dialing without a coin. Every pay...

Section 39-21.1-10. - Development of a statewide plan and technical standards. - § 39-21.1-10. Development of a statewide plan and technical standards....

Section 39-21.1-11. - System coordination. - § 39-21.1-11. System coordination. Each local public agency shall designate...

Section 39-21.1-12. - Enforcement of compliance by judicial proceedings. - § 39-21.1-12. Enforcement of compliance by judicial proceedings. The attorney...

Section 39-21.1-13. - Provision of emergency services across jurisdictional boundaries — Joint power or other agreements. - § 39-21.1-13. Provision of emergency services across jurisdictional boundaries —...

Section 39-21.1-14. - E-911 surcharge and first response surcharge. - § 39-21.1-14. E-911 surcharge and first response surcharge. (a)(1) A...

Section 39-21.1-15. - Severability. - § 39-21.1-15. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Section 39-21.1-16. - Providing false information. - § 39-21.1-16. Providing false information. No person shall call or...

Section 39-21.1-17. - Confidentiality of calls. - § 39-21.1-17. Confidentiality of calls. All telephone calls and telephone...

Section 39-21.1-18. - First responder services. - § 39-21.1-18. First responder services. In emergency situations that require...

Chapter 39-21.2 - Prepaid Wireless Charge Act

Section 39-21.2-1. - Short title. - § 39-21.2-1. Short title. This act may be cited as...

Section 39-21.2-2. - Findings. - § 39-21.2-2. Findings. The legislature finds that: (1) Maintaining effective...

Section 39-21.2-3. - Definitions. - § 39-21.2-3. Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following...

Section 39-21.2-4. - E-911 surcharge. - § 39-21.2-4. E-911 surcharge. (a) Amount of charge. The prepaid...

Section 39-21.2-5. - Administration of E-911 charge. - § 39-21.2-5. Administration of E-911 charge. (a) Time and manner...

Section 39-21.2-6. - Liability. - § 39-21.2-6. Liability. No liability regarding 911 service. No provider...

Section 39-21.2-7. - Exclusivity of prepaid wireless charge. - § 39-21.2-7. Exclusivity of prepaid wireless charge. The prepaid wireless...

Chapter 39-22 - Base Load Renewable Resource Facilities Electricity Purchase Act [Repealed.]

Section 39-22-1 - — 39-22-4. [Repealed.] - § 39-22-1 — 39-22-4. [Repealed.]

Chapter 39-23 - Adaptive Telephone Equipment Loan Program Committee

Section 39-23-1. - Committee — Composition. - § 39-23-1. Committee — Composition. There is hereby created within...

Section 39-23-2. - Duties. - § 39-23-2. Duties. The duties of the committee shall include...

Section 39-23-3. - Reports and recommendations. - § 39-23-3. Reports and recommendations. The committee shall, from time...

Section 39-23-4. - Place of meeting. - § 39-23-4. Place of meeting. The committee shall meet at...

Section 39-23-5. - [Repealed.] - § 39-23-5. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 135, §...

Section 39-23-6. - Terms of office and officers. - § 39-23-6. Terms of office and officers. Of the number...

Chapter 39-24 - Long-Range Energy Plans

Section 39-24-1. - [Repealed.] - § 39-24-1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 144, §...

Section 39-24-2. - Filing by gas companies. - § 39-24-2. Filing by gas companies. Every gas company whose...

Chapter 39-25 - Electric Transmission Siting and Regulatory Act

Section 39-25-1. - Short title. - § 39-25-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...

Section 39-25-2. - Statement of policy and purpose. - § 39-25-2. Statement of policy and purpose. The general assembly...

Section 39-25-3. - Regulations on construction of high-voltage lines. - § 39-25-3. Regulations on construction of high-voltage lines. The energy...

Chapter 39-26 - Renewable Energy Standard

Section 39-26-1. - Legislative findings. - § 39-26-1. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1)...

Section 39-26-2. - Definitions. - § 39-26-2. Definitions. When used in this chapter: (1) “Alternative...

Section 39-26-3. - Purposes. - § 39-26-3. Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are to...

Section 39-26-4. - Renewable energy standard. - § 39-26-4. Renewable energy standard. (a) Starting in compliance year...

Section 39-26-5. - Renewable energy resources. - § 39-26-5. Renewable energy resources. (a) Renewable energy resources are:...

Section 39-26-6. - Duties of the commission. - § 39-26-6. Duties of the commission. (a) The commission shall:...

Section 39-26-7. - Renewable energy development fund. - § 39-26-7. Renewable energy development fund. (a) There is hereby...

Section 39-26-8. - Interaction with other policies. - § 39-26-8. Interaction with other policies. (a) Rhode Island has...

Section 39-26-9. - Energy source disclosure requirements. - § 39-26-9. Energy source disclosure requirements. (a) The commission shall,...

Section 39-26-10. - Severability and construction. - § 39-26-10. Severability and construction. If any provision of this...

Chapter 39-26.1 - Long-Term Contracting Standard for Renewable Energy

Section 39-26.1-1. - Purpose. - § 39-26.1-1. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to...

Section 39-26.1-2. - Definitions. - § 39-26.1-2. Definitions. Terms not defined in this chapter shall...

Section 39-26.1-3. - Long-term contract standard. - § 39-26.1-3. Long-term contract standard. (a) Beginning on or before...

Section 39-26.1-4. - Financial remuneration and incentives. - § 39-26.1-4. Financial remuneration and incentives. In order to achieve...

Section 39-26.1-5. - Commission approvals and regulations. - § 39-26.1-5. Commission approvals and regulations. (a) Electric distribution companies...

Section 39-26.1-6. - Interaction with other laws. - § 39-26.1-6. Interaction with other laws. The long-term contract standard...

Section 39-26.1-7. - Town of New Shoreham project. - § 39-26.1-7. Town of New Shoreham project. (a) The general...

Section 39-26.1-8. - Utility-scale offshore wind project — Separate proceedings. - § 39-26.1-8. Utility-scale offshore wind project — Separate proceedings. (a)...

Section 39-26.1-9. - Town of Johnston project. - § 39-26.1-9. Town of Johnston project. Notwithstanding any other provisions...

Chapter 39-26.2 - Distributed Generation Standard Contracts

Section 39-26.2-1. - Short title. - § 39-26.2-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...

Section 39-26.2-2. - Purpose. - § 39-26.2-2. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to...

Section 39-26.2-3. - Definitions. - § 39-26.2-3. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following...

Section 39-26.2-4. - Standard contracts — Annual targets. - § 39-26.2-4. Standard contracts — Annual targets. (a) To the...

Section 39-26.2-5. - Standard contract ceiling price. - § 39-26.2-5. Standard contract ceiling price. (a) Within a period...

Section 39-26.2-6. - Standard contract enrollment program. - § 39-26.2-6. Standard contract enrollment program. (a) Each electric distribution...

Section 39-26.2-7. - Standard contract — Form and provisions. - § 39-26.2-7. Standard contract — Form and provisions. The following...

Section 39-26.2-8. - Standard contract — Reporting. - § 39-26.2-8. Standard contract — Reporting. (a) After each enrollment...

Section 39-26.2-9. - Interaction with other statutory provisions. - § 39-26.2-9. Interaction with other statutory provisions. Except as expressly...

Section 39-26.2-10. - Establishment of board — Purposes. - § 39-26.2-10. Establishment of board — Purposes. (a) There is...

Section 39-26.2-11. - Composition and appointment. - § 39-26.2-11. Composition and appointment. (a) The board shall consist...

Section 39-26.2-12. - Powers and duties. - § 39-26.2-12. Powers and duties. (a) The board shall have...

Section 39-26.2-13. - Liberal construction of chapter required. - § 39-26.2-13. Liberal construction of chapter required. This chapter shall...

Section 39-26.2-14. - Severability. - § 39-26.2-14. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 39-26.3 - Distributed Generation Interconnection

Section 39-26.3-1. - Policy objective. - § 39-26.3-1. Policy objective. The general assembly hereby finds and...

Section 39-26.3-2. - Definitions. - § 39-26.3-2. Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings...

Section 39-26.3-3. - Application process. - § 39-26.3-3. Application process. (a) The application process set out...

Section 39-26.3-4. - Study cost fees. - § 39-26.3-4. Study cost fees. (a) After thirty (30) days...

Section 39-26.3-4.1. - Interconnection standards. - § 39-26.3-4.1. Interconnection standards. (a) The electric distribution company may...

Section 39-26.3-5. - Liberal construction of chapter required. - § 39-26.3-5. Liberal construction of chapter required. This chapter shall...

Section 39-26.3-6. - Severability. - § 39-26.3-6. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 39-26.4 - Net Metering

Section 39-26.4-1. - Purpose. - § 39-26.4-1. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to...

Section 39-26.4-2. - Definitions. - § 39-26.4-2. Definitions. Terms not defined in this section herein...

Section 39-26.4-3. - Net metering. - § 39-26.4-3. Net metering. (a) The following policies regarding net...

Section 39-26.4-4. - Liberal construction of chapter required. - § 39-26.4-4. Liberal construction of chapter required. This chapter shall...

Section 39-26.4-5. - Severability. - § 39-26.4-5. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 39-26.5 - Property Assessed Clean Energy Program

Section 39-26.5-1. - Legislative findings. - § 39-26.5-1. Legislative findings. It is hereby found and declared:...

Section 39-26.5-2. - Definitions. - § 39-26.5-2. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following...

Section 39-26.5-3. - Property-Assessed Clean Energy Municipality. - § 39-26.5-3. Property-Assessed Clean Energy Municipality. A town or city...

Section 39-26.5-4. - [Repealed.] - § 39-26.5-4. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 271, §...

Section 39-26.5-4.1. - Financing agreements — PACE assessments — PACE liens. - § 39-26.5-4.1. Financing agreements — PACE assessments — PACE liens....

Section 39-26.5-5. - Rights of PACE property owners. - § 39-26.5-5. Rights of PACE property owners. A PACE property...

Section 39-26.5-6. - Priority of PACE lien. - § 39-26.5-6. Priority of PACE lien. (a) A PACE lien...

Section 39-26.5-7. - Administration of PACE — Loan loss reserve fund. - § 39-26.5-7. Administration of PACE — Loan loss reserve fund....

Section 39-26.5-8. - Assistance to municipalities. - § 39-26.5-8. Assistance to municipalities. The Rhode Island infrastructure bank...

Section 39-26.5-9. - Monitoring, reporting, compliance, underwriting criteria. - § 39-26.5-9. Monitoring, reporting, compliance, underwriting criteria. The Rhode Island...

Section 39-26.5-10. - Operations. - § 39-26.5-10. Operations. The PACE program shall operate in accordance...

Section 39-26.5-11. - Rules and regulations. - § 39-26.5-11. Rules and regulations. (a) The Rhode Island infrastructure...

Chapter 39-26.6 - The Renewable Energy Growth Program

Section 39-26.6-1. - Purpose. - § 39-26.6-1. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to...

Section 39-26.6-2. - Renewable energy growth program established. - § 39-26.6-2. Renewable energy growth program established. To carry out...

Section 39-26.6-3. - Definitions. - § 39-26.6-3. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following...

Section 39-26.6-4. - Continuation of board. - § 39-26.6-4. Continuation of board. (a) The distributed generation standard...

Section 39-26.6-5. - Tariffs proposed and approved. - § 39-26.6-5. Tariffs proposed and approved. (a) Each year, for...

Section 39-26.6-6. - Permanence of tariff terms once set. - § 39-26.6-6. Permanence of tariff terms once set. It is...

Section 39-26.6-7. - Solar project size categories. - § 39-26.6-7. Solar project size categories. (a) Tariff(s) shall be...

Section 39-26.6-8. - Renewable technologies other than solar. - § 39-26.6-8. Renewable technologies other than solar. Tariffs also shall...

Section 39-26.6-9. - Project segmentation prohibition. - § 39-26.6-9. Project segmentation prohibition. In no case may a...

Section 39-26.6-10. - Timing and schedule of tariff filings. - § 39-26.6-10. Timing and schedule of tariff filings. (a) The...

Section 39-26.6-11. - Power purchase agreements not required. - § 39-26.6-11. Power purchase agreements not required. The distributed-generation growth...

Section 39-26.6-12. - Annual bidding and enrollments. - § 39-26.6-12. Annual bidding and enrollments. (a) With the exception...

Section 39-26.6-13. - Cost reconciliation. - § 39-26.6-13. Cost reconciliation. To the extent the electric distribution...

Section 39-26.6-14. - Existing powers of agencies and advocacy rights of parties unchanged. - § 39-26.6-14. Existing powers of agencies and advocacy rights of...

Section 39-26.6-15. - Bidding and incentive award processes for solar DG projects. - § 39-26.6-15. Bidding and incentive award processes for solar DG...

Section 39-26.6-16. - Enrollment program. - § 39-26.6-16. Enrollment program. (a) Each enrollment shall be open...

Section 39-26.6-17. - Excess enrollment not required. - § 39-26.6-17. Excess enrollment not required. The electric distribution company...

Section 39-26.6-18. - Utility right to separately meter. - § 39-26.6-18. Utility right to separately meter. Owners of medium-scale,...

Section 39-26.6-19. - Coordination with energy-efficiency programs. - § 39-26.6-19. Coordination with energy-efficiency programs. (a) In consultation with...

Section 39-26.6-20. - Issuance of certificates and right to incentive payments. - § 39-26.6-20. Issuance of certificates and right to incentive payments....

Section 39-26.6-21. - Ownership of output, other attributes, and renewable energy certificates. - § 39-26.6-21. Ownership of output, other attributes, and renewable energy...

Section 39-26.6-22. - Zonal and other incentive payments. - § 39-26.6-22. Zonal and other incentive payments. In order to...

Section 39-26.6-23. - Intersection of distributed generation and net metering. - § 39-26.6-23. Intersection of distributed generation and net metering. (a)...

Section 39-26.6-24. - Rate design review by the commission. - § 39-26.6-24. Rate design review by the commission. (a) On...

Section 39-26.6-25. - Forecasted rate and reconciliation. - § 39-26.6-25. Forecasted rate and reconciliation. (a) Three (3) months...

Section 39-26.6-26. - Shared solar facilities. - § 39-26.6-26. Shared solar facilities. (a) In order to facilitate...

Section 39-26.6-27. - Community remote distributed generation system. - § 39-26.6-27. Community remote distributed generation system. (a) In order...

Chapter 39-26.7 - Nonregulated Power Producer Consumer Bill of Rights

Section 39-26.7-1. - Short title. - § 39-26.7-1. Short title. This chapter shall be known and...

Section 39-26.7-2. - Purpose. - § 39-26.7-2. Purpose. The purpose of this act is to...

Section 39-26.7-3. - Definitions. - § 39-26.7-3. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following...

Section 39-26.7-4. - Consumer information requirements. - § 39-26.7-4. Consumer information requirements. (a) On or before September...

Section 39-26.7-5. - Certain customer rights. - § 39-26.7-5. Certain customer rights. (a) An electric distribution company...

Section 39-26.7-6. - Nonregulated power producer obligations. - § 39-26.7-6. Nonregulated power producer obligations. (a) No contract for...

Chapter 39-27 - The Energy and Consumer Savings Act of 2005

Section 39-27-1. - General purpose. - § 39-27-1. General purpose. This chapter establishes energy and consumer...

Section 39-27-2. - Findings. - § 39-27-2. Findings. The legislature finds that: (a) Efficiency standards...

Section 39-27-3. - Definitions. - § 39-27-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Automatic...

Section 39-27-4. - Scope. - § 39-27-4. Scope. (a) The provisions of this chapter apply...

Section 39-27-5. - Efficiency standards. - § 39-27-5. Efficiency standards. (a) Not later than June 1,...

Section 39-27-6. - Implementation. - § 39-27-6. Implementation. (a) No new commercial clothes washer, commercial...

Section 39-27-7. - New and revised standards. - § 39-27-7. New and revised standards. The commission may adopt...

Section 39-27-8. - Testing, certification, and enforcement. - § 39-27-8. Testing, certification, and enforcement. (a) The manufacturers of...

Section 39-27-9. - Severability of provisions. - § 39-27-9. Severability of provisions. The provisions of this chapter...

Chapter 39-27.1 - Appliance and Equipment Energy and Water Efficiency Standards Act of 2021

Section 39-27.1-1. - General purpose. - § 39-27.1-1. General purpose. This chapter establishes minimum efficiency standards...

Section 39-27.1-2. - Definitions. - § 39-27.1-2. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the...

Section 39-27.1-3. - Scope. - § 39-27.1-3. Scope. (a) The provisions of this chapter apply...

Section 39-27.1-4. - Standards. - § 39-27.1-4. Standards. (a) Not later than one year after...

Section 39-27.1-5. - Implementation. - § 39-27.1-5. Implementation. (a) No commercial dishwasher, commercial fryer, commercial...

Section 39-27.1-6. - New and revised standards. - § 39-27.1-6. New and revised standards. The commissioner may adopt...

Section 39-27.1-7. - Testing — Certification — Labeling — Enforcement. - § 39-27.1-7. Testing — Certification — Labeling — Enforcement. (a)...

Section 39-27.1-8. - Severability. - § 39-27.1-8. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Section 39-27.1-9. - Effective date. - § 39-27.1-9. Effective date. This act shall take effect July...

Chapter 39-28 - Broadband Deployment and Investment Act

Section 39-28-1. - Findings. - § 39-28-1. Findings. The Rhode Island general assembly finds that...

Section 39-28-2. - Definitions. - § 39-28-2. Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the...

Section 39-28-3. - Regulation. - § 39-28-3. Regulation. Notwithstanding any general or public law to...

Section 39-28-4. - Unaffected fees. - § 39-28-4. Unaffected fees. Nothing in this act shall be...

Section 39-28-5. - Rights or obligations of carriers. - § 39-28-5. Rights or obligations of carriers. Nothing in this...

Section 39-28-6. - Effect on tax obligations or authority. - § 39-28-6. Effect on tax obligations or authority. Nothing in...

Section 39-28-7. - No derogation of attorney general. - § 39-28-7. No derogation of attorney general. Nothing in this...

Chapter 39-29 - Wireless Telephone Regulatory Modernization Act

Section 39-29-1. - Jurisdiction over wireless service. - § 39-29-1. Jurisdiction over wireless service. Notwithstanding any general or...

Section 39-29-2. - Authority unaffected. - § 39-29-2. Authority unaffected. Nothing in this chapter shall be...

Section 39-29-3. - Residential local exchange service. - § 39-29-3. Residential local exchange service. Nothing in this chapter...

Section 39-29-4. - Consumer protection. - § 39-29-4. Consumer protection. Nothing in this chapter shall derogate...

Section 39-29-5. - Unaffected fees. - § 39-29-5. Unaffected fees. Nothing in this chapter shall be...

Section 39-29-6. - No effect on tax obligations. - § 39-29-6. No effect on tax obligations. Nothing in this...

Chapter 39-30 - Municipal Streetlight Investment Act

Section 39-30-1. - Findings and purposes. - § 39-30-1. Findings and purposes. (a) The Rhode Island general...

Section 39-30-2. - Definitions. - § 39-30-2. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following...

Section 39-30-3. - Streetlight investment. - § 39-30-3. Streetlight investment. (a) Any city or town receiving...

Section 39-30-4. - Liberal construction. - § 39-30-4. Liberal construction. The provisions of this chapter shall...

Section 39-30-5. - Severability. - § 39-30-5. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or...

Chapter 39-31 - Affordable Clean Energy Security Act

Section 39-31-1. - Legislative findings. - § 39-31-1. Legislative findings. The general assembly finds and declares:...

Section 39-31-2. - Purpose. - § 39-31-2. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to:...

Section 39-31-3. - Commercially reasonable defined. - § 39-31-3. Commercially reasonable defined. When used in this chapter,...

Section 39-31-4. - Regional energy planning. - § 39-31-4. Regional energy planning. (a) Consistent with the purposes...

Section 39-31-5. - State and regional energy procurement. - § 39-31-5. State and regional energy procurement. (a) Consistent with...

Section 39-31-6. - Utility filings with the public utilities commission. - § 39-31-6. Utility filings with the public utilities commission. (a)...

Section 39-31-7. - Duties of the commission. - § 39-31-7. Duties of the commission. (a) The commission shall...

Section 39-31-8. - Verification of energy generation and attributes of imported electricity. - § 39-31-8. Verification of energy generation and attributes of imported...

Section 39-31-9. - Siting of regional energy infrastructure. - § 39-31-9. Siting of regional energy infrastructure. All regional or...

Section 39-31-10. - Offshore wind procurement. - § 39-31-10. Offshore wind procurement. (a) The electric distribution company...

Section 39-31-11. - Financial remuneration and incentives. - § 39-31-11. Financial remuneration and incentives. In order to achieve...

Section 39-31-12. - Bid fees. - § 39-31-12. Bid fees. Bidders submitting project proposals responsive to...

Chapter 39-32 - Rhode Island Small Cell Siting Act

Section 39-32-1. - Definitions. - § 39-32-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Authority”...

Section 39-32-2. - Regulation of small wireless facilities. - § 39-32-2. Regulation of small wireless facilities. (a) A wireless...

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...

Section 39-32-4. - Action on permit applications. - § 39-32-4. Action on permit applications. (a) An authority shall...

Section 39-32-5. - Additional terms for collocation on authority poles and structures. - § 39-32-5. Additional terms for collocation on authority poles and...

Section 39-32-6. - Collocation of small wireless facilities on private poles and structures. - § 39-32-6. Collocation of small wireless facilities on private poles...

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