---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ELECTRIC GENERATION SERVICE (Requires the public utilities commission to implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ELECTRIC GENERATION SERVICE (Requires the public utilities commission to implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2330"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2330 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity", "Lieutenant Governor", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DaPonte", "DiPalma", "Lombardi", "Lombardo", "Raptakis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec0219a9-953c-4d08-b9bc-78ccacf18c10"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "da4950ad9c01d3481c6d3e49d7fa0ce6ea9e8a27531ca146b926cf02916b5797"
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 2330 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ELECTRIC GENERATION SERVICE (Requires the public utilities commission to implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2330 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2330A.pdf)

## Votes

- In Concurrence — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **65–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DaPonte — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2018)
- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration
- **2018-05-14** 05/14/2018 Meeting postponed (05/15/2018)
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-29** 06/29/2018 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/ec0219a9-953c-4d08-b9bc-78ccacf18c10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).