HomeIncentives by StateRhode Island
Its retrofit program pays the most when fixtures run on a networked system with high-end trim, and its plan for 2027 stops paying for indoor LEDs without controls. We design it, prepare the paperwork and test every room.
Rhode Island Energy programs as of October 2026. We confirm what your building gets before you buy. Sources
The retrofit program's top lighting tier is for LED fixtures on a networked control system. The system needs a written sequence with at least three strategies, high-end trim among them, plus full commissioning and reporting. Rhode Island Energy approves the project before you buy, and the building has to run its lights at least 2,000 hours a year.
Rhode Island Energy pays for controls that save beyond what the code already asks for, including tenant fit-outs and open-air garages. Bring it in during design.
Distributor discounts pay about the same for a networked fixture as for one with a plain sensor, so the retrofit program is usually the better route for a networked system. Programs as of October 2026; amounts are set each program year.
Rhode Island is on the 2024 IECC, formally adopted December 1, 2025. It calls for dimming to 10% in offices and similar rooms (or a locked high-end trim), daylight dimming near windows from just 75 W of lighting, occupancy sensors that shut lights off within 20 minutes, and garage lights that step down when nobody's there.
There's no 10% threshold here. Change the lighting in a space and that space has to meet these rules, with the controls tested before final inspection. Swapping only lamps or ballasts counts as a repair.
See how a project runsProvidence buildings of 20,000 sq ft and up report their energy use every May 15. A statewide reporting bill passed in 2026 but was vetoed in June. Since January 1, 2025, Rhode Island has banned the sale of new linear fluorescent tubes, so buildings still on fluorescent tubes will need a relight sooner or later.
We design the controls, ready for your engineer's stamp, and help you pick products from several brands. Every device arrives set up on our bench, labeled and bagged by room. Your electrician installs it, then we test every room and prepare the Rhode Island Energy paperwork.
Yes. Its retrofit program pays its top lighting tier for LEDs on a networked control system in existing buildings, with pre-approval, a written control sequence, high-end trim, commissioning and reporting. The incentive can go to you or to your vendor or installer. As of October 2026.
If you change the lighting in a space, yes. Rhode Island's 2024 code has no 10% threshold, so that space needs the current controls, tested before final inspection. Swapping only lamps or ballasts is a repair and doesn't trigger it.
Its plan for 2027, filed with the state's utility commission in October 2026, stops paying for indoor LED retrofit fixtures without controls and keeps paying for lighting controls. Exterior fixtures continue.
The ban covers sales: since January 1, 2025, new linear fluorescent tubes can't be sold in Rhode Island. As stock runs out, replacing tubes gets harder, which makes now a good time to relight with controls.
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