Rhode Island’s Renewable Energy Growth Program

Starting in Program Year 2025, and continuing in PY2026, Large-Scale Solar projects are only able to bid into the Third Open Enrollment.

In addition, a new Brownfield Remediation Incentive is available for Large-Scale Solar I and II projects sited on a brownfield that requires remediation at the time of their application to the RE Growth Program. The Brownfield Remediation Incentive is a one-time payment of $140/kW DC of nameplate capacity, paid after a Final Certificate of Eligibility has been granted, as detailed in Section 2.1.4 of the PY26 RI RE Growth Program Solicitation and Enrollment Process Rules for Solar (Greater than 25kW), Wind, Hydro and Anaerobic Digester Projects.

As of May 1, 2024, all renewable distributed generation projects will need to comply with the new “core forest” requirements resulting from changes in the solar siting law, Chapter 300. For renewable energy facilities with a nameplate capacity of 25kW or less and/or installed entirely on a rooftop of an existing structure, which enroll in either RE Growth or Net Metering, a new Self-Certification for Core Forest Determination form must be completed and submitted to Rhode Island Energy as part of the interconnection application. This form is available on the Department of Environmental Management (DEM)’s website. For renewable energy facilities greater than 25kW and not entirely on a rooftop of an existing structure, which enroll in either RE Growth or Net Metering, a Full Core Forest Determination by DEM is required. Developers of renewable energy facilities are required to submit a siting document to DEM via the online form available at https://dem.ri.gov/coreforest.

2026 Small-Scale Solar RE Growth Program One-Pager
2026 Non-Small-Scale Solar RE Growth Program One-Pager

Small-Scale Solar Projects

Applicants may enroll via an interconnection application. The currently available capacity for RE Growth Small-Scale Solar can be found at the following webpage: https://portalconnect.rienergy.com/RI/s/article/Residential-Renewable-Energy-Growth-program-available-cap.

Solar (Greater than 25 kW), Wind, Hydroelectric, and Anaerobic Digester Project.

Applications must be submitted during one of the two-week Open Enrollments. Applicants are required to apply for the Program using the RE Growth Open Enrollment Application, which must be filled out and emailed to regnonsmallsolar@pplweb.com. Alternatively, the bidder may request a secure link to submit their application. In addition, certain documentation may be uploaded to Salesforce or mailed in paper form. Please see the “Enrollment Calendar and Submission” page under the “Non-Small-Scale Solar Projects” tab for more information.

Effective April 1, 2026:

RE Growth Program Tariffs

• Renewable Energy Growth Program Tariff for Residential Customers, RIPUC No. 2151-M (pdf)
• Renewable Energy Growth Program Tariff for Non-Residential Customers, RIPUC No. 2152-M (pdf)

RE Growth Program Solicitation and Enrollment Process Rules

• PY26 RI RE Growth Program Solicitation and Enrollment Process Rules for Small-Scale Solar Projects (pdf)
• PY26 RI RE Growth Program Solicitation and Enrollment Process Rules for Solar (Greater than 25kW), Wind, Hydro and Anaerobic Digester Projects (pdf)

 

If your project has been granted a Conditional Certificate of Eligibility, and you would like to terminate your Conditional Certificate of Eligibility early in alignment with the Tariffs and Rules, please see the below termination request standard form. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please reach out to your CEI job owner.

• PY26 RE Growth Termination Request Form (pdf)