Some of the highest residential rates in the country. A 3-8 PM peak window that punishes evening usage. A coastline that takes the brunt of every Nor'easter. A battery in RI does three jobs in one box, and one of them earns a summer bill credit through ConnectedSolutions.
Rhode Island residential electricity climbed from roughly 14.4¢/kWh in 2010 to 31.3¢/kWh today, averaging 5% per year. A battery sidesteps that climb on two fronts: peak-shaving evening kWh, and locking in $225/kW ConnectedSolutions payments for the next five summers.
A single Powerwall 3 (or Enphase IQ Battery, FranklinWH) earns three ways at once. ConnectedSolutions pays $225/kW for letting RI Energy dispatch on summer peak afternoons, locked for 5 summers. Peak-shaving the 3-8 PM window replaces your most expensive grid kWh. And backup keeps the lights on when Nor'easters and storms hit.
See the pieces of the stackRI Energy customers with a grid-tied, internet-connected battery (Powerwall, Enphase IQ Battery, FranklinWH, and similar) qualify. The program runs on top of net metering and REG, payments stack on, not in place of, your solar tariff.
A Rhode Island home battery earns three ways at once. Each line stands on its own. Stacked, they're the math that makes the project pencil.
A typical Rhode Island battery install runs 7–12 weeks from first call to Permission to Operate, with ConnectedSolutions activation following shortly after.
Actual questions that come up in the first installer conversation, answered for a typical Rhode Island homeowner in 2026.
It doesn't. ConnectedSolutions only dispatches during grid peak events, not outages. Your battery prioritizes your home backup during any grid interruption.
Depends on how much capacity you provide during events. A 13.5 kWh Powerwall dispatching at full capacity typically earns $750-$1,200/year. Opt-outs of individual events reduce earnings proportionally.
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Your Home Efficiency Score sizes the right battery for your panel and bill, models the ConnectedSolutions revenue at $225/kW, and shows your real payback based on your address.
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