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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0515 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002156 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 15 | 15 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Zurier, Euer, Lauria, and Sosnowski |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: March 07, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Finance |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Rhode Island needs to encourage the development of microgrids in order to 1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | meet its Act on Climate goals and other energy policies; and 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Despite Rhode Island’s ambitious renewable energy goals, microgrids have 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | not yet been incorporated into a more modern grid functionality; and 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Microgrids have the capacity to increase local and statewide resiliency to 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | extreme weather events and manage other system constraints; and 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly has proposed that the public utilities commission 7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | open a docket to establish a microgrid services agreement; and 8 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, The public utilities commission would benefit from additional specific 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | expertise and the capacity to manage the stakeholder engagement process and docket procedures 10 |
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| 31 | 31 | | to create a microgrid services tariff; now, therefore be it 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ($100,000) to the public utilities commission for the purposes of hiring additional expert capacity 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | to manage the process and ultimately develop a microgrid services tariff; and the state controller 15 |
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| 36 | 36 | | is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 49 | 49 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 50 | 50 | | OF |
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| 51 | 51 | | J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 52 | 52 | | MAKING AN APPROPRIAT ION OF $100,000 TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION |
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| 54 | 54 | | This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $100,000 to the public 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | utilities commission for the purposes of hiring additional expert capacity to manage the process 2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | and ultimately develop a microgrid services tariff. 3 |
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