AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIER

HB 6204 repeals a specific energy efficiency charge that utilities previously included in customer rates. This directly affects electric and gas distribution companies in Rhode Island, which must stop adding this charge to base rates. The bill does not alter existing requirements for funding demand-side management programs (through a separate 0.3 mills/kWh charge) or renewable energy programs (funded until 2028). It removes only the energy efficiency charge, leaving other utility funding mechanisms and program structures unchanged.