---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Amends the laws regulating the aggregation of electrical loads by a municipality or group of municipalities; requires that at least one public hearing be held for review by its residents prior to adopting any plan; then approval by the PUC.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Amends the laws regulating the aggregation of electrical loads by a municipality or group of municipalities; requires that at least one public hearing be held for review by its residents prior to adopting any plan; then approval by the PUC.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5536"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5536 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Casimiro", "Edwards", "Regunberg", "Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30562d73-a8a5-485f-b3b4-d69ae0616138"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "95ef9557b96a6bec4a3dd4392cde57bd9e3505afb0c8d113990ac6b69ed7be05"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 5536 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- REGULATORY POWERS OF ADMINISTRATION (Amends the laws regulating the aggregation of electrical loads by a municipality or group of municipalities; requires that at least one public hearing be held for review by its residents prior to adopting any plan; then approval by the PUC.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5536 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5536A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-16** 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-24** 02/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Meeting postponed (02/28/2017)
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/15/2017)
- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2017)
- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2017)
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30562d73-a8a5-485f-b3b4-d69ae0616138`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).