Rhode Island Energy solar export rate
What Rhode Island Energy pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Rhode Island, with the source and the date it was checked.
No single rate — formula based
Renewable net-metering credits are calculated from the applicable statutory retail-rate components; excess renewable net-metering credits are equal to the wholesale electricity rate, declared by statute to be the ISO-New England energy clearing price. Separately, the REG program pays eligible generation under long-term fixed-price tariffs.
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Rhode Island Energy is the dominant investor-owned electric distribution company. Net metering is not a single fixed export price; REG is a separate performance-based incentive/purchase program.
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov · portalconnect.rienergy.com · rienergy.com
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The state framework sets the default. Where Rhode Island Energy pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| Compensation mechanism | Statutory net metering: renewable net-metering credits offset eligible consumption, and excess generation receives excess renewable net-metering credits; Rhode Island Energy also offers the separate REG performance-based/long-term fixed-price purchase program. |
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| Export rate | There is no single statewide dollar headline rate. Renewable net-metering credits use the applicable statutory retail-rate components; excess renewable net-metering credits equal the wholesale electricity rate, declared by statute to be the ISO-New England energy clearing price, with the distribution company allowed to use an approved annual, monthly, or other time increment and applicable locational pricing. |
| Rate effective | The reviewed Rhode Island Energy tariff filing states that the proposed RIPUC No. 2279 tariff would be issued effective January 1, 2026; Rhode Island Energy's current interconnection page identifies RIPUC No. 2279 as effective May 12, 2026. |
| Credit rollover | Yes, but the administration depends on the billing arrangement: the distribution company may reconcile a twelve-month billing plan and carry credits or charges forward, and for residential systems and community remote systems 25 kW or smaller it may administer credits month to month with unused credits carried into the following billing period. |
| Credit expiration | Credits are reconciled at the end of the applicable twelve-month period when a twelve-month billing plan is used; after annual reconciliation, the customer may cash out a remaining credit balance under the statutory limits rather than facing a stated general forfeiture date. |
| Annual true-up | No calendar date is fixed statewide; when the utility elects a twelve-month billing plan, reconciliation occurs at the end of the twelve-month period. |
| Aggregate program cap | The statute sets a 275 MWac aggregate cap for remote net metering by ground-mounted eligible net-metering systems, with listed exceptions; it also retains a 30 MW community-remote-net-metering amount from the earlier statutory provision until that amount is interconnected. |
| Program status | No statewide full/closed status is stated in the reviewed net-metering statute or OER overview. Rhode Island Energy's separate REG small-scale program is described as first-come, first-served until fully subscribed, while commercial-scale REG applications use open enrollment periods. |
| Grandfathering | No general statewide grandfathering provision was identified. The statute specifically preserves a tariff or policy already on file for Block Island Power Company or Pascoag Utility District until the PUC approves a new tariff; the reviewed Rhode Island Energy filing instead describes a new tariff replacing RIPUC No. 2274. |
| Regulator | Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC); the statute gives the commission authority to determine the applicability of the excess-credit rate in cases of uncertainty or disagreement. |
| Governing rule | R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 39-26.4-2 and 39-26.4-3 (Net Metering). |
| Pending change | Docket 25-50-EL is the active/currently documented tariff-advice proceeding to amend Rhode Island Energy's Net Metering Provision for 2025 legislative changes; the PUC page lists procedural materials and a compliance filing tied to the May 12, 2026 open meeting. |