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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| RI Net Metering Standards | |
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| Type of Incentive | Net Metering |
| Eligible States | RI |
| Eligible Utility | Narragansett Electric (National Grid) |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | # 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste Heat Recovery |
| Eligible Project Size | 0 - 1.65 |
| Critical Information | Eligible Technologies: Solar Thermal Electric, Photovoltaics, Wind, Biomass, Hydroelectric, Geothermal Electric, Fuel Cells, Municipal Solid Waste, CHP/Cogeneration Size Limitations: 1.65 MW for systems owned by cities, towns or the Narragansett Bay Commission; 1 MW for all other customers Overall Enrollment Restrictions: 5 MW (1 MW of this limit is reserved for systems under 25 kW) Net Excess: Credited at utility's avoided-cost rate to customer's next bill and carried. Credits remaining at the end of a calendar year roll forward to the next year. Customers do not receive any compensatoin for any unredeemed credits. |
| Start Date | 7/2/2007 |
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| Additional Information | In 2006, Rhode Island enacted legislation that allows the PUC to establish standards for net metering. In July 2007, Rhode Island enacted legislation (2007 RI H.B. 5566) temporarily increasing the capacity limit on an individual net-metered energy system to 1.65 megawatts (MW) for renewable-energy systems owned by cities, towns or the Narragansett Bay Commission, and to 1 MW for systems owned by other customers. In addition, the limit on the aggregate capacity of all net-metered systems was temporarily raised from 1 MW to 5 MW. Of the 5-MW limit, 1 MW is reserved for systems less than 25 kW. (The July 2007 amendments are set to expire January 1, 2010. The PUC must report by July 1, 2010, on the status of net metering, and whether the amendments specified in 2007 RI H.B. 5566 are "optimally cost-effective, reliable, prudent and environmentally responsible.") |
| Web Site | http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=RI01R&state=RI&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1  |
| Primary Contact | Consumer Information 89 Jefferson Boulevard Warwick, RI 2888 U.S.A. (401) 941-4500 |