This bill aims to amend the current law in Rhode Island related to net metering. It adds definitions for terms such as "community remote system" and "eligible credit recipient" and clarifies that all energy generated from any eligible net-metering system is considered consumed at the meter where the renewable energy resource is interconnected for valuation purposes. The bill also allows eligible net-metering systems owned by public entities, private entities, educational institutions, hospitals, nonprofits, or multi-municipal collaboratives to be treated as eligible net-metering systems.

In addition, the bill specifies that all net-metered accounts at an eligible net-metering system site must be under the same customer of record and customers cannot change the name on accounts to expand the system to contiguous sites. However, property owners can change the nature of the metered service or become the customer of record for each account as long as they own the property. The bill also adds definitions for terms such as "private entity" and "project" and amends the definition of "public entity" and "renewable credit".

Statutes affected:
5491: 39-26.4-2