---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING"
description: "Prohibits utility companies from limiting the eligibility of a net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed under the net metering system to be credited to the consumer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5580"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5580 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Edwards", "Handy", "Knight", "McGaw", "Potter", "Solomon", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd7cfec5-a9a9-4adc-bc45-8a75a276b1e8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a2fac36ec627fab0bdcdc3d6681d007b0e41b94941f869e75e5059df81ce4afa"
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 5580 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING

Prohibits utility companies from limiting the eligibility of a net metering site based on prior consumption and requires excess energy not consumed under the net metering system to be credited to the consumer.

## Version chain

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

1. **5580** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5580.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-03-31** 03/31/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/01/2025)
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed 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/dd7cfec5-a9a9-4adc-bc45-8a75a276b1e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).