---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Amends electric distribution companies authority to charge interconnecting renewable energy customers for certain modifications and places timetables on interconnection work.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Amends electric distribution companies authority to charge interconnecting renewable energy customers for certain modifications and places timetables on interconnection work.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5483"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5483 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities", "Electricity"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy", "Marshall", "McKiernan", "Regunberg", "Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1ec0656-ee3d-414b-9c31-41637a67cef7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d3374031ea36dc257be9e3ce5afb7915010358daede605e2cb2f05620393bce1"
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 HB 5483 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS (Amends electric distribution companies authority to charge interconnecting renewable energy customers for certain modifications and places timetables on interconnection work.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5483 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5483B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–3** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **68–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Handy — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- McKiernan — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-24** 02/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2017)
- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 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/b1ec0656-ee3d-414b-9c31-41637a67cef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).