C&I ConnectedSolutions
Rhode Island EnergyGet paid to optimize your energy usage
Rhode Island Energy is committed to reducing peak electric demand, and we need your help. Join our ConnectedSolutions demand response program to help lower electricity use during high-demand periods. By participating, you can help cut emissions, lower infrastructure costs, and decrease utility prices. Plus, you'll earn generous incentives for your efforts.
We offer two pathways for Commercial and Industrial customers: Daily Dispatch and Targeted Dispatch. You can choose one pathway or enroll in both, which we call Dual Enrollment. Participants are compensated based on performance for each average kW they reduce.
The Daily Dispatch pathway aims to reduce the load on the electrical grid during the peak hour of the year and other high and medium peak days throughout the summer.
Events will only be called in June and September if the annual peak is forecasted for those months. Events will be called in July and August to target the highest 40 daily peaks. No more than 60 events will be called in a summer.
Day-ahead notifications will be sent before each Daily Dispatch event.
New customers can earn an incentive of $275 per kW per summer. No participant is eligible to receive more than $1 million per year for their overall performance settlement.
During the summer, events will be called:
- June through September, between 3 – 8 p.m.
- Lasting for 2 or 3 hours at a time
- No more than 60 times
Eligibility requirements
- The C&I ConnectedSolutions program is technology-agnostic. To be eligible for the C&I track, customers must be in rate classes C-06, G-02, or G-32. Customers in other rate classes are not eligible.
- Front-of-the-meter assets, such as power plants or solar farms, are also not eligible. Storage systems must be considered behind-the-meter (BTM) assets to qualify. BTM refers to a facility that serves an on-site load other th