Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 815 - Division of Public Utilities and Carriers › Chapter 00 - General Administration › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 3 - Digital Filings and Website Information Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Section 39-1-18 (815-RICR-00-00-3) › Section 815-RICR-00-00-3.4 - Information Available on or Through the Division's Website

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The following information shall be
				  available on the Division's website:
1.
				  Notices of all public hearings to be conducted by the Division or the
				  Commission at least five (5) calendar days prior to the date of the
				  hearing.
2. All filings that are
				  available in digital or electronic format, and that are not subject to
				  protective orders, while the relevant proceeding is in progress. These filings
				  may be purged from the website at the conclusion of the proceeding and after
				  the issuance of a final report and order on the matter.
3. All rules and regulations of the
				  Commission and Division. The Rhode Island Secretary of State's office similarly
				  provides access to the Commission's and Division's rules and regulations on its
				  website.
4. All major decisions
				  (reports and orders) of the Commission and the Division for a period of at
				  least one (1) year from the date of issuance. Access to all other decisions
				  shall be available through a link to a commercial database retrieval service,
				  which will provide "search engine" and database services designed to facilitate
				  access to all Division and Commission decisions issued between 1971 and the
				  present. A fee will be charged for this service. NOTE: Copies of all orders of
				  the Commission and the Division shall also be available at the offices of the
				  Commission and the Division, 89 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick, Rhode Island,
				  pursuant to the requirements and fee schedule contained in the State's Access
				  to Public Records Act (R.I. Gen. Laws §
											38-2-1, et seq.).
5. Unless conducted as an "emergency
				  meeting", pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											42-46-6(c), open
				  meeting notices and agendas shall be posted at least forty-eight (48) hours
				  before every scheduled open meeting. Notices shall contain:
(1) the date the notice was posted;
(2) the date of the meeting;
(3) the time of the meeting;
(4) the location of the meeting;
				  and
(5) a statement specifying the
				  nature of the business to be discussed. The minutes of all open meetings shall
				  be posted in conformance with R.I. Gen. Laws §
												42-46-7.
6. A calendar of all Division and Commission
				  open meetings and hearings, covering a period of seven (7) months. The calendar
				  will provide a brief description, including a docket number, of each matter
				  pending before the Commission or the Division.
7. Current public utility tariffs, as
				  described in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											39-1-18(c)(6).
				  Access shall be achieved either by actual inclusion on the Division's website
				  or by a link to a tariff page on the public utility's website.
8. A listing of all public utilities, by
				  industry group, and all registered Nonregulated power producers. Telephone
				  numbers and/or links (where available), to each public utility's and
				  Nonregulated power producer's consumer affairs department may also be
				  accessed.
9. Consumer information
				  on billing dispute resolution procedures will be summarized. For a detailed
				  description of all residential consumer protection rights and related
				  adjudicative procedures a copy of the Commission's Rules and Regulations
				  Governing the Termination of Residential Electric, Gas and Water Utility
				  Service, or related successor rules and regulations, will be
				  accessible.
10. Consumer
				  information regarding access to power supply from Nonregulated power producers
				  will be summarized. Additional information may be provided through links to the
				  websites of electric distribution companies and/or registered Nonregulated
				  power producers.
11. Consumer
				  information regarding methods of conserving energy and water and also demand
				  side management programs available to residential, commercial and industrial
				  customers. The Division may include links to other websites that contain
				  related information.
12. Consumer
				  information regarding financial assistance programs that may be available to
				  eligible ratepayers.
13. Consumer
				  information regarding financial assistance programs that may be available to
				  eligible ratepayers.
14. Other
				  information that the Division deems relevant and useful to the public.