Docket No. 5088 - Renewable Energy Growth (RE Growth) Program Year 2021 Submitted By The Rhode Island Distributed Generation Board’s (DG Board) And The Narragansett Electric Co. D/b/a National Grid

Status of docket: Closed.

• PUC Report and Order No. 24319 approving the Renewable Energy Growth Program Year 2021
  
   
• Procedural Schedule
• Notice of Hearing
  
   
• National Grid's Proposed 2021 Renewable Energy Growth Program Tariff and Rule Changes (11/13/20)  
• Natiional Grid - Leticia C. Pimentel's Entry of Apearance
• National Grid - Compliance Filing submitted pursuant to PUC Open Meeting Decision on February 18 and February 23, 2021.
• National Grid - Compliance Tariffs and Rules as approved at March 29, 2021 Open Meeting

• Distributed Generation Board's Report and Recommendation for renewable energy classes and eligible system sizes for the RE Growth Program Year 2021. The filing includes Testimony and Schedules of Jim Kennerly and Kate Daniel. Below are additional schedules:
  • JK Schedule 3 – Initial Data Request and Survey for 2021 Ceiling Price Process
  • JK Schedule 4 – Supplemental Data Request #1 (Financing Assumption)
  • JK Schedule 5 – Second Supplemental Data Request and Survey (Other Cost and Performance Assumptions)
  • JK Schedule 6 – RI REG 2021 Ceiling Price Process Stakeholder Presentation
  • JK Schedule 15 – Summary of Community Solar Opportunity in Rhode Island (Compiled by Balanced Rock Energy for Coventry Public Schools
  • JK Schedule 19 – 2021 REG Public Policy Adders Incremental Cost Survey
  • JK Schedule 20 – SEA’s August 28, 2020 Public Policy Adders Presentation to Stakeholders.58
  • JK Schedule 21 – July 13, and September 29, 2020 Presentation to Stakeholders in Public Policy Adder Development Process and September 18, 2020 Stakeholders Webinar
  • KD Schedule 1 – 2020 Program Year Carport Solar Pilot Program Evaluation Report (Redacted)
  • KD Schedule 2 – SEA Presentation at August 13, 2020 Technical Meeting (Docket 4604)
  • Request for Confidential Treatment of KD Schedue 1
• DG Board's Supplemental Testimony of Jim Kennerly (1/8/21)
• Division of Public Utilities - Testimony of Michael Brennan (1/11/21)

Public Comments:

• NECEC - Initial Comments
• NECEC - Supplemental Comments
• RI League Cities and Towns, RI Chapter of the American Planning Association, Grow Smart RI, Audubon Society of Rhode Island, The Nature Conservancy and Save The Bay
• Heartwood Group, Inc.
• Green Development
• Newport Solar
• Northbridge Development
  
   
• Green Development LLC's Motion to Intervene (12/10/20)
  • National Grid's Objection to Motion (12/18/20)
  • Division of Public Utilities' Objection (12/21/20)

Data Responses & Record Responses:

• National Grid's response to PUC Data Request 1
• National Grid's resposne to PUC 1-18
• National Grid's response to PUC Data Request 2
• National Grid's response to Record Requests
• Office of Energy Resource response to PUC Data Request 1
• OER's response to PUC Data Request 2
• OER's response to record request and updated PowerPoint slides from the August 28, 2020 SEA
  
  presentation (Slides 17 and 21)

PUC REGrowth Staff Proposal related to specific performance standards relative to National Grid’s remuneration:

• PUC Straw Proposal on Future Remuneration related to low income enrollment in Community Remote Distritured Generation (CRDG)
• PUC Notice of Workshop on April 14, 2021

National Grid’s Open Enrollment Reports (from years 2011 - Present)

• National Grid's Open Enrollment Reports Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-26.6-20(b). The Enrollment Report includes a list of commercial-scale, large-scale solar, and all other distributed generation projects selected by National Grid.
• National Grid's Request for: (1) an Extension of Time on 2020 First Open Enrollment Report; and (2) an Exception to: (a) the RE Growth Program for Non-Residential Customers Tariff (Tariff), and (b) the RE Growth Program Tariffs and Solicitation and Enrollment Process Rules (Rules) (filed 6/16/20)

LINK to 2020 RE Growth Program - Docket No. 4983