---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1007"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1007 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-29"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acb7b27d-e765-4a0f-a94d-e116d9861c53"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6634a4d70161b809678049d4b4ee2cddb0aa5f8f0be6fe048e9e785d5923e248"
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 SB 1007 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1007 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S1007A.pdf)

## Votes

- RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND — **63–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-08** 09/08/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/14/2017)
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/acb7b27d-e765-4a0f-a94d-e116d9861c53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).