---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- 2024 ENERGY STORAGE ACT"
description: "Requires the office of energy resources to initiate the process of developing programs and associated funding mechanisms, for electric energy storage resources connected to the electric distribution system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7811"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7811 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Batista", "Cortvriend", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Kislak", "McEntee", "Shanley", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4763efb5-9e82-4828-9df3-9f823c90ac0e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ddf3aa5e9ff4a91b04e320b3019301b4332f3b7f83868049b220abd79573d8ff"
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 7811 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- 2024 ENERGY STORAGE ACT

Requires the office of energy resources to initiate the process of developing programs and associated funding mechanisms, for electric energy storage resources connected to the electric distribution system.

## Version chain

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

1. **7811 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7811aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **54–6** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2024)
- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed as amended 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/4763efb5-9e82-4828-9df3-9f823c90ac0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).