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www.ripuc.org/eventsactions/docket/3659-RES-FinalRules(12-7-05).pdf<br />

Enacted in 2004, Rhode Island's Renewable Energy Standard requires retail electricity<br />

providers to supply 3% of their retail electricity sales from renewable resources by the<br />

end of 2007, and escalates to 16% by the end of 2019. Eligible renewable technologies<br />

include fuel cells operating with renewable resources. The state’s Public Utilities<br />

Commission has recently adopted regulations to implement the renewable standard.<br />

Incentives are available for New England renewable energy projects serving Rhode<br />

Island customers.<br />

Contact:<br />

RI Public Utilities Commission<br />

89 Jefferson Boulevard<br />

Warwick, RI 02888<br />

Phone: (401) 941-4500<br />

E-mail: mary.kent@ripuc.org<br />

Web: www.ripuc.org<br />

Net Metering<br />

www.riseo.state.ri.us/riref/programs/supplysupport.html<br />

A 1998 order by the Rhode Island Public Utility Commission requires investor-owned<br />

utilities to offer net metering to all customers generating electricity with renewable<br />

energy systems or fuel cells of 25 kW or less.<br />

Contact:<br />

RI Public Utilities Commission<br />

89 Jefferson Boulevard<br />

Warwick, RI 02888<br />

Phone: (401) 941-4500<br />

E-mail: mary.kent@ripuc.org<br />

Web: www.ripuc.org<br />

4. INCENTIVES/MARKET STIMULATION<br />

POWER GENERATION<br />

Rhode Island Renewable Energy Fund<br />

www.riseo.state.ri.us/programs/rei.html<br />

In 1996, Rhode Island legislation established the nation's first public benefits fund to<br />

support the development of renewable energy. The Fund is administered by the state’s<br />

Energy Office through a renewable energy surcharge assessed on ratepayer’s electric<br />

bills. The annual budget is roughly $3 million.<br />

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