Docket No. 3806 - Affordable Energy Plans filed by the Block Island Power Co. and the Pascoag Utility District

• Block Island proposed Affordable Energy Plan (filed on 1/2/07)
• Pascoag Utility District proposed Affordable Energy Plan (1/30/07)
• Procedural Schedule for docket
• RI Office of Energy Resources - Motion to Intervene Out of Tme (2/23/07)
• RI Office of Energy Resources - Strategic Plan for the RI Energy Affordability Fund Usage (3/1/07)
• Division of Public Utilities - Response to Office of Energy Resources and the electric and gas utilities on the Affordable Energy Plan (3/23/07)
• Notice of Public Hearing - scheduled April 24, 2007 @ 9:30 AM at PUC's office
• Pascoag Utility District - Response to PUC's briefing questions regarding forgiveness plan under R.I.G.L. 39-2-1(e)
• At open meeting held May 23, 2007, the PUC considered the Affordable Energy Plans proposed by National Grid, Block Island Power Co. and Pascoag Utility District in Docket No. 3804 and Docket No. 3806 and unanimously approved the following:

1. To require all the utility plans to: (a) allow a customer to participate in the forgiveness plan with only a notice of termination; and (b) grant customers a 60 day grace period from the bill date to pay their bill and stay on the forgiveness plan.
2. To approve National Grid's April 27, 2007 revised Plan.
3. To approve BIPCO’S Plan as revised by the Division to limit BIPCO’s discount to distribution rates.
4. To reject Pascoag’s request for an exemption and approve Pascoag’s Plan with the revision that the forgiveness plan be for all electric charges instead of only distribution.
5. The forgiveness program would go into effect July 1, 2007.
6. The discount program would go into effect November 1, 2007 and therefore, the utilities shall file tariff revisions at least 30 day prior to November 1, 2007.

• PUC issues Order No. 18973 approving Affordable Energy Plans for low-income household customers of National Grid, Block Island Power Co. and Pascoag Utility District. Order issued 5/31/07.
• Office of Energy Resources - Notification that the General Assembly eliminated funding for the Energy Affordable Fund (7/13/07)
• National Grid - Motion for Relief from Order No. 18973 (filed 7/24/07)
• Block Island Power Co. - Letter in support of National Grid's Motion for Relief from Order (7/27/07)
• PUC issues Order No. 19055 granting Utilities' Requests for Relief from Order No. 18943 in connection with the Affordable Energy Plans. Order issued 8/31/07.