Town of Glocester, RI
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2023-07-20
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The Code
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Part 3: General Legislation
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Chapter 247 Taxation
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Article XI Renewable Energy Tax and Exemption
- The Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Part 1: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Courts
- Ch 14 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 27 Meetings
- Ch 35 Police Department
- Ch 40 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 Town Road Map
- Part 2: Boards, Commissions, Committees and Positions
- Ch 56 Budget Board
- Ch 59 Building Code Board of Appeals
- Ch 63 Canvassing Authority, Bipartisan
- Ch 68 Community Resource and Wastewater Advisory Commission
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
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- Part 3: General Legislation
- Ch 130 Adult Entertainment
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- Ch 139 Animals
- Ch 145 Building Permits
- Ch 148 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 151 Camping and Travel Trailer Parks
- Ch 154 Cannabis
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- Ch 162 Drainage
- Ch 166 Earth Removal
- Ch 173 Entertainment Licenses
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- Ch 177 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 181 Excavations, Holes and Wells
- Ch 185 Fees and Fines, Payment of
- Ch 190 (Reserved)
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- Ch 195 Historical and Archaeological Burial Sites
- Ch 197 Hydronic Heaters and Wood Boilers, Outdoor
- Ch 199 Licensing
- Ch 203 Lighting, Outdoor
- Ch 208 Mobile Homes and House Trailers
- Ch 212 Motor Boats and Water Craft
- Ch 217 Noise
- Ch 221 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 223 Pascoag Reservoir/Echo Lake Dam Management District
- Ch 226 Poles and Wires
- Ch 230 Private Detectives, Licensing of
- Ch 232 Public Nuisances on Foreclosed Abandoned, Vacant Properties
- Ch 234 Recycling
- Ch 242 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 243 Stormwater Management
- Ch 247 Taxation
- Ch 247 Art XI Renewable Energy Tax and Exemption
- § 247-43 Taxation and exemption for renewable energy systems.
- Ch 251 Trees
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- Part 4: Land Use
- Ch 286 Affordable Housing
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- Part 5: Policies
- Ch 355 Capital Projects Policy
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- Appendix
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- Derivation Table
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- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 8-6-2015, effective 8-6-2015; amended in its entirety 12-7-2017, effective 12-7-2017]
A.
Findings.
(1)
Pursuant to R.I.G.L. § 44-3-3(a)(48) and (49), certain
residential and manufacturing properties that install renewable energy
systems are exempt from local taxation.
(2)
Pursuant to R.I.G.L. § 44-5-3(c) through (e), commercial
renewable energy systems shall be subject to a tangible tax payment
to the municipality through rules and regulations that have been adopted
by the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources for all commercial
renewable energy systems.
(3)
Pursuant to R.I.G.L. § 44-3-21, city or town councils of
the various cities and towns may, by ordinance, exempt from taxation
any renewable energy system located in the city or town.
B.
Action.
(1)
In accordance with R.I.G.L. § 44-5-3(c), the Town of Glocester
hereby authorizes its assessor to levy a tax on renewable energy tangible
property as defined in R.I.G.L. § 39-26-5 in accordance
with the rules and regulations executed by the Rhode Island Office
of Energy Resources.
(2)
In accordance with R.I.G.L. § 44-3-21, the Town of Glocester
hereby exempts from taxation commercial net-metered renewable energy
systems whose sole purpose is to offset electricity bills and not
to sell power back to the electric distribution system.
(3)
Property owners installing renewable energy systems shall be required
to provide the interconnection application between the renewable energy
developer and the electric distribution company (National Grid or
Pascoag Utility) and any documentation of program enrollment (e.g.,
renewable energy growth or net metering enrollment forms) to the Town,
indicating if the renewable energy system is net-metered or if the
system is selling a portion or all of the energy produced back to
National Grid under the Renewable Energy Growth Program.
(4)
A copy of the final interconnection service agreement executed between
the renewable energy developer and electric distribution company shall
be provided to the Town prior to construction of the renewable energy
system.
C.
Effective. This article shall take effect upon passage by the Town
Council.
