Public Utilities And Carriers
Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Public Utilities Commission [HB-5642]
[Energy ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Extends to March 1, 2028, the electric distribution company requirement to file their supply procurement plan with the public utility commission and removes the restrictions on time of use rates for residential customers.
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Cable Billing [HB-5534]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requires cable television companies to give their customers the option to purchase, at its fair market value, a device which decodes their digital cable signals.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Regulatory Powers Of Administration [HB-5572]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Eliminates the need for a special election to create an opt-out municipal energy aggregation plan initiated by any city or town subject to public utility commission approval.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Regulatory Powers Of Administration [HB-5536]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Amends the laws regulating the aggregation of electrical loads by a municipality or group of municipalities; requires that at least one public hearing be held for review by its residents prior to adopting any plan; then approval by the PUC.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Public Utilities Commission [HB-5533]
[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 2017 Regular Session
Small Cell Siting Act [SB-342]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
Creates the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Transportation Network Company Services - Insurance [HB-5485]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires TNC drivers maintain commercial automobile liability insurance 24/7 and to park no closer than two hundred feet (200') from marked taxi stands.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Motor Carrier Transportation Contracts [HB-5487]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Insurance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Renders void/unenforceable motor transportation contract terms holding harmless indemnitee from or against its own negligence/intentional acts/omissions upon the effective date.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Excavation Near Underground Utility Facilities -- Costs [SB-199]
[Infrastructure ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Provides all costs incurred by municipal corporations associated with temporary permanent relocation of utility infrastructure such as public utility poles during public works projects within municipal rights-of-way would be borne by the public utility.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
The Kent County Water District [SB-163]
[Water ]
[Community Development ]
Adds two members to the board of the Kent County Water Authority.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Motor Carrier Transportation Contracts [SB-167]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Renders void/unenforceable motor transportation contract terms holding harmless indemnitee from or against its own negligence/intentional acts/omissions upon the effective date.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Growth Program [SB-112]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Expands the renewable energy growth program for an additional ten (10) years after the fifth program year, with an annual target of forty (40) nameplate megawatts for each year of the ten (10) year period.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Net Metering [HB-5318]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Includes the benefit to customers in the PUC's study of the distribution charge.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Water Supply [SB-159]
[Water ]
Allows the town of Smithfield to charge interest on delinquent water payments at a rate of not more than twelve percent (12%) per annum.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Securitization Act [SB-98]
[Finance ]
[Energy ]
Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-43 to 60), passed in 1997.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Public Transit - Bus Passes [SB-115]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Securitization Act [HB-5291]
[Finance ]
[Energy ]
Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-1 to 60), passed in 1997.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Renewable Energy Growth Program [HB-5274]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
Expands the renewable energy growth program for an additional ten (10) years after the fifth program year, with an annual target of forty (40) nameplate megawatts for each year of the ten (10) year period.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Public Transit-- Bus Passes [HB-5241]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Requires that five million dollars ($5,000,000) be appropriated to the Rhode Island public transit authority between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Small Cell Siting Act [HB-5224]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Infrastructure ]
Establishes the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.