Docket No. 4606 - Block Island Utility District (BIUD) (formerly Block Island Power Co) Waiver/Exemption Requests under R.I.G.L. § §39-1-27 and §39-1-27

Filings relating to BIUD's Petitons for Waivers and Exemption Requests (requests submitted in 2020)

• PUC Order 23851 approving BIUD’s petitions for exemption from certain URA Requirements. Order issued 6/25/20.
• BIUD's petition for waivers from certain requirements of the Utility Restructuring Act of
  
  1996 (URA) under R.I.G.L. § 39-1-27(g) (5/7/2020)
• PUC Notice to Solictit Comments - comments due May 19, 2020
• Division Position Memorandum on BIUD's petition (5/19/20)
• BIUD's request for a continued exemption from providing retail acces through April 30, 2025 (1/7/20)
• Division's Position Memorandum (2/4/20)

Filings relating to BIPCo's Exemption Requests Under R.I.G.L. § 39-1-2(26) of the URA (requests submitted in 2018:

• BIPCO's Motion to Extend the filing date for BIPCo's rate case until December 31, 2018 as filed on September 26, 2018
• BIPCO's Petition for Exemption pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws § 39-1- 2(26) as filed on November 16, 2018
• Division's Position Memorandum regarding BIPCO's Exemption Request filing (12/1/2/18)
• PUC Order 23522 granting BIPCo's request (4/12/19)
• BIPCo's Exemption Request for a two-month extension to file its rate filing from August 1, 2018 until October 1, 2018
• PUC Order 23304 granting BIPCo's request. Order issued 10/22/18.

Filings relating to BIPCo's Exemption Request Under R.I.G.L. § 39-1-2(26) of the URA submitted December 27, 2017:

• BIPCo's Exemption Request from the retail access provision of URA through April 30, 2020 (filed 1/27/17)
• Division of Public Utilities' Position - Memorandum of Dick Hahn concerning BIPCo's Exemption Request (1/23/18)
• PUC Order 23066 granting BIPCo a continued exemption until April 20, 2020. Order issued 3/26/18.

Filings relating to BIPCo's Petition for Exemption Under R.I.G.L. § 39-1-2(26) submitted August 15, 2017:

• Block Island Power's Exemption Request Under R.I.G.L. § 39-1-27.3 that BIPCo be granted a continued exemption until August 1, 2018 to file its new rate case and cost of service study.
• Division of Public Utilities and Carriers' Position Memorandum (8/31/17)
• PUC Order 23065 granting BIPCo a continued exemption until August 1, 2018. Order issued 3/26/18.

Filings relating to BIPCo's Exemption Request Under R.I.G.L. § 39-1-27.3 submitted February 6, 2017:

• Procedural Schedule
• Block Island Power's Exemption Request Under R.I.G.L. § 39-1-27.3 for an additional year
• BIPCo's Response to Division's 1st Set of Data Requests (3/7/17)
• Division of Public Utilities' Position Memorandum (3/24/17)
• PUC Order 23019 approving BIPCo's February 3, 2017 request for a waiver from one requirement of the Act under R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-27(g). Order issued 2/1/18.

Filings relating to BIPCo's Waiver Request Under R.I.G.L. § 39-1-27(g) submitted March 7, 2016:

• Revised Procedural Schedule
• Revised Notice of Hearing - evidentiary hearing moved to July 14, 2016
• Notice of Hearing
• Block Island Power's Waiver Request Under R.I.G.L. § 39-1-27(g)
• The Narragansett Electric Co. d/b/a National Grid - Public Comments
• Town of New Shoreham's Position
• Division of Public Utilities' Position Memorandum regarding BIPCo’s Waiver Request
• PUC Order No. 22565 approving BIPCo's Request for Waiver Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-27(g) filed on March 7, 2016. Written Order issued 10/7/16.