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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,500,000 TO THE OFFICE OF ENERGY | |
RESOURCES TO FUND GRANTS FOR SOLAR CANOPY (OR SOLAR CARPORT) | |
PROJECTS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Boylan, Carson, Ajello, Potter, Kislak, Cortvriend, | |
Date Introduced: May 31, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
1 | WHEREAS, Solar carports are overhead canopies built of steel that support solar panels |
2 | which collect sunlight, offering a more efficient and unobtrusive way to gather a renewable clean |
3 | energy source; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Rhode Island’s 2022-23 fiscal year ended with a surplus of more than $600 |
5 | million; now, therefore be it |
6 | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of the surplus funds in the treasury |
7 | not otherwise appropriated from the fiscal year 2022-2023, the sum of one million five hundred |
8 | thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to The Office of Energy Resources to review and approve grants in |
9 | the amount of up two thousand dollars ($2,000) per expected kilowatt generated for solar canopy |
10 | (or solar carport) projects that are designed to generate fifty kilowatts (50kw)or greater; and the |
11 | state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his orders upon the general treasurer for |
12 | the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt |
13 | of properly authenticated vouchers. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $1,500,000 TO THE OFFICE OF ENERGY | |
RESOURCES TO FUND GRANTS FOR SOLAR CANOPY (OR SOLAR CARPORT) | |
PROJECTS | |
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1 | This joint resolution would authorize an appropriation of $1,500,000 out of the 2022- |
2 | 2023 budget surplus to review and approve grants in the amount of up $2,000 per expected |
3 | kilowatt generated for solar canopy (or solar carport) projects. |
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