Public Utilities And Carriers
Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Public Transit Authority [HB-8273]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.
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Transportation Network Company Services [HB-8182]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Limits the maximum charge imposed by the Rhode Island airport corporation to three dollars ($3.00) per trip for transportation network company services.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Motor Carriers Of Property [HB-8151]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Allows tow truck operators as of January 1, 2020, to annually raise rates and charges consistent with the increase in the Consumer Price Index to a maximum of eight percent (8%).
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
E-911 Geographic Information System [HB-8091]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
GIS) AND TECHNOLOGY FUND (Requires the department of administration prepare an accounting of the funds used to operate the 911 emergency system.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Duties Of Utilities And Carriers [HB-8060]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the issuance of utility bill credits to customers of electrical or cable television providers when the customer's service is interrupted for a period of one hundred sixty-eight (168) hours within a thirty (30) day period.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Net Metering [HB-8021]
[Energy ]
Allows a public entity, educational institution, hospital, nonprofit, or multi-municipal collaborative to participate in net metering without having to own the land on which the net metering resource is situated.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Net Metering [HB-8020]
[Energy ]
Expands the definition of eligible net metering resources by including "eligible biomass fuels" as defined in § 39-26-2(6).
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
E-911 Uniform Emergency Telephone System Division [HB-7896]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
Requires all the money collected for various billed services, by each telecommunications provider be deposited in a restricted receipt account, not the general fund.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities Commission [HB-7875]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Cable Billing [HB-7874]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires cable television companies to give their customers the option to purchase, at its fair market value, a device which decodes digital cable signals for their cable signal reception.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities Commission [HB-7847]
[Telecommunications ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Repeals the monthly surcharge and prepaid wireless E-911 charge and replaces them with a budget appropriation by the general assembly to fund the E-911 system.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Railroad Preservation [HB-7814]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Suspends payments to the MBTA or its operating subcontractor as long as either is in default of the South County operating agreement.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Least Cost Procurement [HB-7808]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Caps the system benefit charge at the annual published Consumer Price Index or two and one-half percent (2.5%), whichever is greater.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities Commission [HB-7807]
[Energy ]
Requires the office of energy resources to conduct a study to verify the energy savings measures from the state energy efficiency programs.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Duties Of Utilities And Carriers [HB-7784]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Telecommunications ]
Requires electric transmission and electric distribution companies to conduct periodic equipment inspections. Such companies are required to submit a periodic report to the public utilities division regarding the status of such inspections.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Public Transit Authority [HB-7781]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Limits damages to $100,000 in any tort action against the public transit authority, except by a special act, authorized by the general assembly.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Excavation Near Underground Utility Facilities [HB-7775]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requires public utilities and municipalities to coordinate their construction activities to lessen inconvenience to the public and save money.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Public Utilities Commission [HB-7774]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Telecommunications ]
Requires an electric utility to bury power lines in the event of a residential power outage lasting ninety-six (96) consecutive hours or more, unless the outage was caused by the resident.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Distributed Generation Interconnection [HB-7677]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Creates stringent requirements on electric distribution companies to respond to an application for a renewable distributed generation interconnection.
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Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session
Duties Of Utilities And Carriers [HB-7661]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires the public utilities commission to periodically review the advertising expense, passed through in utility rates, to determine whether the expense should be deemed allowable or should be excluded from the utility's rates.