Bid Description
RI Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation
Bid Number:RFP_Solar-Renewable Resource Utilization_9.26.23
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| Through this Request for Proposals (“RFP”), the Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation (“RIHousing”) seeks proposals from qualified firms to identify barriers to maximizing the utilization of solar and other renewable energy resources in affordable housing in Rhode Island and develop statutory and regulatory language to remove or mitigate those barriers.
As the state’s Housing Finance Agency (HFA) RIHousing is interested in promoting the utilization of renewable energy resources in affordable housing projects. However, there are a number of statutory, regulatory, and logistical barriers to doing that. Those challenges include a statutory prohibition on family developments of more than 10 units utilizing a master meter (RIGL 39-3-7.1), which, combined with requirements that onsite or virtual net metering runs through a single meter, makes it difficult for the benefits of renewable energy savings to be shared with residents of these developments. It also creates challenges with being able to size renewable resources to the needs of the entire development rather than just the needs served by a common area meter. Through this RFP, RIHousing seeks proposals from qualified firms to identify barriers to maximizing the utilization of solar and other renewable energy resources in affordable housing in Rhode Island, develop statutory and/or regulatory language to remove or mitigate those barriers, and provide support to RIHousing as needed in moving these statutory and/or regulatory recommendations forward.
For more information, visit www.rihousing.com/rfps-rfqs
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