---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET-METERING"
description: "Allows a property owner with eligible net-metering systems with a master meter to allocate excess net metering credits to any meter on the property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 843"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 843 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Euer", "Gu", "Murray", "Sosnowski", "Thompson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-19"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79bc91a3-6966-4e3b-b264-77dd0eb67f4e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "41ed178c1d2a94c24cdffefb772aa12eb42286ad2135a260b3013c606301c408"
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 843 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET-METERING

Allows a property owner with eligible net-metering systems with a master meter to allocate excess net metering credits to any meter on the property.

## Version chain

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

1. **843 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0843aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–4** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **30–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19** 03/19/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/06/2025)
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 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/79bc91a3-6966-4e3b-b264-77dd0eb67f4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).