---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Amends the maximum allowable capacity for net metering systems in the Block Island Utility District and Pascoag Utility District.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Amends the maximum allowable capacity for net metering systems in the Block Island Utility District and Pascoag Utility District.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 22 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity", "Energy", "New Shoreham", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8501b572-9689-40ec-b6ae-67512e95cb43"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c5881c12453b5f1d24720ce33f5c5c845ab5c697f4c57d336a63aecdc4213221"
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 22 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Amends the maximum allowable capacity for net metering systems in the Block Island Utility District and Pascoag Utility District.)

## Version chain

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

1. **22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0022.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2021)
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/8501b572-9689-40ec-b6ae-67512e95cb43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).