These bills have to do with offshore wind energy development in Rhode Island, electric power for Block Island, and electricity prices. -- ed.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT & AGRICULTURE
NOTICE OF MEETING
DATE: Wednesday, May 5, 2010
TIME: Rise of the Senate 2:00 P.M.
PLACE: Senate Lounge
SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION
Senate Bill No. 2841
BY Miller, Walaska, Bates, Lanzi
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- REVENUE DECOUPLING {LC2522}
04/29/2010 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
05/12/2010 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
Senate Bill No. 2842
BY Maselli, Connors, Miller, Ruggerio, McCaffrey
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - LONG -TERM CONTRACTING STANDARD FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY {LC2521}
04/29/2010 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
05/12/2010 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT & AGRICULTURE
NOTICE OF MEETING
DATE: Wednesday, May 5, 2010
TIME: Rise of the Senate
PLACE: Senate Lounge
SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND/OR CONSIDERATION
Senate Bill No. 2819
BY Sosnowski, Miller, Felag, Ruggerio, McCaffrey
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- CONTRACTING STANDARD FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY {LC2483} (authorize Narragansett electric to enter into agreement with state's preferred developer of offshore wind for purchase of energy/capacity/environmental/market attributes as long as provisions of the general laws pertaining to Town of New Shoreham project
04/28/2010 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
05/05/2010 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
Nancy Sullivan
Committee Clerk
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POSTED: FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010, 12:19 PM
Happily, Sen. Connors sponsored S2969 which will include Hydro Electric generation in Net Metering. Prior to it, only solar and wind were included. I would like to know if it passed the Senate at the end of the session.
I am a member of the Glocester Resource Commission. There are more than 50 dams in town, several of which will make good power producers. But without Net Metering inclusion, cost amortization periods would be excessive for granting and financing purposes.
Thanks,
Pete Skeffington
Posted by: Pete Skeffington | Friday, September 24, 2010 at 03:31 PM