Docket No. 22-05-EE The Narragansett Electric Co.

Docket No. 22-05-EE (and Docket No. 5189) - Commission's Investigation of Misconduct or Fraud by The Narragansett Electric Co. d/b/a Rhode Island Energy Relating to Past Payment of Shareholder Incentive 

Settlement Agreement

• Settlement Agreement between The Narragansett Electric Company d/b/a Rhode Island Energy, The Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, and Peter F. Neronha, Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island (3/3/25)
• Notice of Open Meeting - March 5, 2025 @ 3:00 PM link to stream https://video.ibm.com/channel/WqQyXw296dg  
• PUC Order No. 25287 - Approving Settlement Agreement filed March 3, 2025

Public Utilities Commission (PUC):

• Notice of Open Meeting - June 27, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. Link to stream https://video.ibm.com/recorded/131895020
• PUC Order 24441 to Open Docket No. 22-05-EE to Investigate Utility Misconduct or Fraud by the Narragansett Electric Co.
• PUC Notice of Participation/Intervention
• Procedural Order
• Notice of Hearing - March 28, 2023 @ 10:00 AM  Oral Arguments on Division's Motion to Dismiss - Hearing
• PUC Order 24648 on Motion to Dismiss Motion filed by the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers
• PUC Procedural Order Overruling Objection, Denying Motion to Quash and Granting Confidential Treatment of Documents (4/21/23)
• PUC Memorandum addressed to the Division of Public Utilities (7/18/23)
  • Division reply to PUC Memorandum (8/2/23)
• PUC Memorandum Regarding Briefing of Threshold Issues and Schedule (12/7/23)
• PUC Amended Order 24970 to expand the scope of investigation (4/2/24)
• Procedural Schedule for filing testimony on 1.) the financial harm to ratepayers and 2.) accountability and whether statutory penalties should be assessed (4/5/24)
• PUC's Procedural Memorandum (9/26/24)
• Procedural Schedule (1/10/25)
• Pre-Hearing Conference Directives (2/14/25)
• Notice of Hearing for Oral Arguments - February 21, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. @ PUC's Office
• Notice of Public Hearing - March 4, 5 and 7, 2025 @ 9:30am @ PUC's Office - These hearings have been cancelled. 

Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (Division):

• Motion to Dismiss (1/19/23)
  • National Grid's Response to Division's Motion to Dismiss (1/30/23)
  • RI Energy's Response to Division's Motion to Dismiss (1/30/23)
  • RI Attorney General's Objection to Division's Motion to Dismiss (1/30/23)
• Objection to PUC Discovery, Motion to Re-consider or Quash and Memorandum in Support of the Objection and Motion (3/24/23)  PUC Data Request Set 2 to Division
  Memorandum of Exception to the PUC's Conclusion Regarding the Division of Public Utilities & Carriers' Jurisdiction (7/14/23)
• Testimony of Michael Ballaban and Jacob Van Reen - Redacted (11/27/23)
• Memorandum Concerning Statutory Penalties for Violation (1/19/24)
• Memorandum Concerning Burden of Proof (2/16/24)
• Division's Request for Admissions - Issued to the Narragansett Electric Company (8/28/24)
• Division's Motion to Enlarge Time for Filing Testimony (8/29/24)
• Division's Motion to Suspend Procedural Schedule for Filing Testimony (10/14/24)
• Division's Response to National Grid's Objection to Data Request 11-13 (2/12/25)
• Division's Statement of Confidentiality (2/15/25)
• Joint Rebuttal Testimony of Michael R. Ballaban and Jacob Van Reen on Behalf of the Division (2/20/25)
• Affidavits from Division Witnesses Michael R. Ballaban and Jacob Van Reen 

RI Dept. of Attorney General (RIAG):

• RI Dept. Attorney General Motion to Intervene
• Brief Concerning Statutory Penalties for Violation (1/19/24)
• Response Brief Concerning Burden of Proof (corrected) (2/19/24)
• RIAG's Statement of Confidentiality (2/20/25)

The Narragansett Electric Co. d/b/a Rhode Island Energy (RI Energy):

• Brief Concerning Burden of Proof (1/19/24)
• Omnibus Objection to Division's January 19, 2024 Motions to Set Aside Final Order (1/29/24)
• Reply Brief Concerning Penalties Statutes (2/16/24)
• Rebuttal Testimonies of Brett Feldman and Brian Pelletier (6/14/24)
• Rhode Island Energy's Motion for Confirmation of Applicability of Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure Under Rule 1.19(A) (9/6/24)
• RI Energy's Responses to Request for Admissions (9/27/24)
• RI Energy's Objection to Division's Data Request sets 11 and 12 (1/10/25)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Requests Set 12 (2/20/25)
• RI Energy's Responses to Divisions Data Requests Set 11 - Batch 1 (2/21/25)

National Grid USA (National Grid):

• National Grid USA Motion to Intervene
• National Grid - Report on the Investigation into Out-of-Period Invoicing within the Rhode Island Energy Efficiency Program (2012-2021) and Motion for Protective Treatment of Confidential Information (3/10/23)
• Brief Concerning Burden of Proof (1/19/24)
• Reply Brief Regarding Applicability of Statutes (2/16/24)
• Testimony of Christopher McCusker (6/14/24)
• National Grid's Objection to Division's Data Request set 11-13 (2/10/25)
• National Grid's Objection to Witnesses Identified by the Division and RIAG (2/21/25)
• National Grid's Motion for Clarification regarding Directives from the Pre-Hearing conference on February 14, 2025 (2/21/25)
• Affidavits from Christopher McCusker and James R. Meehan on Behalf of National Grid (2/21/25) 

Initial Documents Under Review (Post Data Responses in Docket 5189 and Data Responses under Docket 22-05-EE):

• National Grid's Response to Data Request PUC 5-4 (1/7/22)
• National Grid's Response to Record Requests 5 (redacted) and Motion for Protective Treatment (1/21/22)
• Narragansett Electric's response to Record Request 5 (Re-file) (9/23/22)
• National Grid's Response to PUC Post Decision Data Request 1 (2/9/22)
  • National Grid's Supplemental Response to PUC Post Decision Data Request 1-2 (2/24/22)
• National Grid's Response to PUC Post Decision Data Request 2 (2/16/22)
• RI Energy's Report of Company's review of invoices within the Energy Efficiency Program (6/7/22)
• RI Energy's Responses to PUC Post Decision Data Request 3 - Redacted (6/16/22)
  • RI Energy's Responses to PUC Post Decision Data Request 3-1 (6/23/22)
• RI Energy's Responses to PUC Data Request 1 (8/19/22)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Request Set 1 and Motion for Protective Treatment of Confidential Information - Complete Set 1 with bates (8/12/22)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Request Set 2 and Motion for Protective Treatment of Confidential Information - Complete Set 2 with bates (8/1922)
• RI Energy's response to PUC Set 3 and Division's Set 1,2, 3 and 4 (Batch 2) (8/1/22)
• RI Energy's response to PUC Set 2 and Motion for Protective Treatment of Confidential Information (5/10/23)
• RI Energy's Responses to PUC's Data Requests Set 3 (Full Set) (6/5/23)
  • RI Energy's Supplemental Responses to PUC 3-3, 3-6 and 3-7 (6/16/23)
• RI Energy's Post-Decisional Responses to Division's Data Request 4-1, 4-2 and 4-6  (8/2/22)
  • RI Energy's Post-Decisional Supplemental Response to Division Data Request 4-8 (5/31/23)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Request 5 (Batch 1) (8/17/22)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Request 5 (Batch 2) (8/31/22)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Request 6 (8/17/22)
  • RI Energy's Response to Division's Data Request 6-9 (8/24/22)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Request 7 (8/25/22)
  • RI Energy's Post-Decisional Supplemental Response to Division Data Request Set 7 (5/31/23)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Request 8 (Batch 1) (9/9/22)
  • RI Energy's Post-Decisional Supplemental Response to Division's Data Request Set 8 (5/31/23)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Request 9 (full) (11/7/22)
  • National Grid's Supplemental Response to Division Data Request 9-1-1 (3/27/23)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Requests Set 10 (Batch 1) (1/6/25)
• RI Energy's Responses to Division's Data Requests Set 10 (full) (1/21/25)

Link to Docket No. 5189 - Narragansett Electric Co.