{"id":1781,"date":"2025-05-14T09:48:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2025-06-16T10:25:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:25:48","slug":"caris-endorsed-bills-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/caris-endorsed-bills-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"CARI\u2019s Endorsed Bills for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Priority Bills:<\/strong> CARI has selected 1 bill as Priority this year, focused on the building sector which accounts for almost 50% of greenhouses gases in Rhode Island:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Building Decarbonization Act (S0091\/H5493):<\/strong> This bill requires that large buildings track and report their energy usage for 3 years at which time plans for emission reductions will be developed and implemented. It also requires new buildings to be electric ready.<\/p>\n<p>CARI&#8217;s Yes-to-Wind team&#8217;s priority bill:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>S0769 \/ H5816: Procurement of Offshore Wind Electricity<\/strong>: This bill requires Rhode Island to procure 1,200 MW of offshore wind by 2029\u2014critical to meeting the state&#8217;s clean energy and climate goals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CARI has also endorsed the following bills:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S0407\/H5167: The Clean Heat Standard<\/li>\n<li>S0327 \/ H5732: Green Amendment<\/li>\n<li>S0185 \/ H5245: Percentage Income Payment Plan (PIPP)<\/li>\n<li>S0326 \/ 5424: Climate Superfund<\/li>\n<li>S0035 \/ H5203: Zero Energy Capable Schools<\/li>\n<li>H5576: Thermal Networks<\/li>\n<li>RIPTA Bills:\n<ul>\n<li>S0342: RIPTA Funding for Budget Shortfall<\/li>\n<li>S0092: Ride Share Surcharge<\/li>\n<li>S0046 \/ H5467: Increase Proportion of Gas Tax to RIPTA<\/li>\n<li>S0047 \/ H5468: Motor Fuel Tax- Two-Year Inflation Rate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>S0024 \/ H5166: Prohibits High-Heat Waste Facilities<\/li>\n<li>S0593 \/ H5818: Restricts Utility Use of Rate Payer Funds<\/li>\n<li>S0378 \/ H5815: PUC Intervenor Support<\/li>\n<li>H5580: Eliminates Net Metering Restrictions<\/li>\n<li>S0862 \/ H5572: Project Impact on Act on Climate \/ Grid Enhancing Technology<\/li>\n<li>S0338: Establishes a Fossil Fuel Fee<\/li>\n<li>H5294: Old Growth Forest Protection<\/li>\n<li>H5161: Study of Public Ownership of Public Utilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARI has endorsed 20 bills for the 2025 legislative session with more to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1266,"featured_media":1782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1266"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/rhodeisland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}