§ 39-26-1 - Legislative findings.
SECTION 39-26-1
§ 39-26-1 Legislative findings. – The General Assembly finds that:
(a) The people and energy users of Rhode Island have aninterest in having electricity supplied in the state come from a diversity ofenergy sources including renewable resources;
(b) Increased use of renewable energy may have the potentialto lower and stabilize future energy costs;
(c) Increased use of renewable energy can reduce airpollutants, including carbon dioxide emissions, that adversely affect publichealth and contribute to global warming;
(d) Massachusetts, Connecticut, and other states haveestablished renewable energy standard programs to encourage the development ofrenewable energy sources;
(e) It is in the interest of the people, in order to protectpublic health and the environment and to promote the general welfare, toestablish a renewable energy standard program to increase levels of electricenergy supplied in the state from renewable resources.