Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island H7269: AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING -- PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATION DEVICES (Excludes portable solar g
Status: In committee, June 9, 2026
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING -- PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATION DEVICES (Excludes portable solar generation devices intended primarily to offset part of a customer's electricity consumption from the definition of eligible net-metering system.)
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 23, 2026:
2026 -- H 7269 ======== LC003246 ======== STATEOFRHODEISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ ANACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING -- PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATION DEVICES Introduced By: Representatives Speakman, Spears, Carson, McGaw, Boylan, McEntee, Cotter, Handy, Alzate, and Potter Date Introduced: January 23, 2026 Referred To: House Corporations It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 39-26.4-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-26.4 entitled "Net Metering" is hereby amended to read as follows: 39-26.4-2. Definitions. Terms not defined in this section herein shall have the same meaning as contained in chapter 26 of this title. When used in this chapter: (1) "Community remote net-metering system" means a facility generating electricity using an eligible net-metering resource that allocates net-metering credits to a minimum of one account for a system associated with low- or moderate-income housing eligible credit recipients, or three (3) eligible credit-recipient customer accounts, provided that no more than fifty percent (50%) of the credits produced by the system are allocated to one eligible credit recipient, and provided further at least fifty percent (50%) of the credits produced by the system are allocated to the remaining eligible credit recipients in an amount not to exceed that which is produced annually by twentyfive kilowatt (25 KW) AC capacity. The community …
Sponsors
- June Speakman (D, HD-068) · primary sponsor
- Tina Spears (D, HD-036)
- Lauren Carson (D, HD-075)
- McGaw, Michelle (D, HD-071)
- Jennifer Boylan (D, HD-066)
- Hagan McEntee, Carol (D, HD-033)
- Megan Cotter (D, HD-039)
- Arthur Handy (D, HD-018)
- Karen Alzate (D, HD-060)
- Brandon Potter (D, HD-016)
Latest actions
- : Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
- : House passed Sub A
- : Placed on House Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage of Sub A
- : Proposed Substitute
- : Scheduled for consideration
- : Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- : Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- : Introduced, referred to House Corporations
Votes
- House Seq #429: PASSAGE (June 9, 2026): 70 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Committee on Corporations: Passage of Sub A (June 8, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
Common questions
- What is H7269?
- H7269 is a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING -- PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATION DEVICES (Excludes portable solar g.
- What does H7269 do?
- AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING -- PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATION DEVICES (Excludes portable solar generation devices intended primarily to offset part of a customer's electricity consumption from the definition of eligible net-metering system.)
- What is the status of H7269?
- In committee as of June 9, 2026. Latest action: Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture (June 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored H7269?
- June Speakman (D, HD-068), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H7269?
- On the Rhode Island Legislature website: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7269A.pdf
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