---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ACT"
description: "Creates the financial framework for incentivizing energy storage systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2499"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2499 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Euer", "Sosnowski", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8636fdb-ce4c-4e7e-bb32-04faf1110129"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2f2658391f07dd091db0ad877320a2063c2fed039c5004937509203de665e37e"
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 2499 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS ACT

Creates the financial framework for incentivizing energy storage systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **2499 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2499A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **55–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Meeting postponed (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/f8636fdb-ce4c-4e7e-bb32-04faf1110129`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).