---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT (Amends the affordable clean energy security act and the long-term contracting standard for renewable energy.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT (Amends the affordable clean energy security act and the long-term contracting standard for renewable energy.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2583"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2583 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiMario", "Euer", "Felag", "Goodwin", "Lawson", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-10"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d26083f1-3ee6-448c-9b2b-2716302337fa"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9c70dae554d3670d464fab519ec73726312573f3e7290184c59235f44413f969"
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 2583 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT (Amends the affordable clean energy security act and the long-term contracting standard for renewable energy.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2583 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2583B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–8** (pass) · upper
- ENERGY SECURITY ACT — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT — **33–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2022)
- **2022-03-23** 03/23/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/d26083f1-3ee6-448c-9b2b-2716302337fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).