Section 810-RICR-40-10-2.5 - Accounting, Billing, Metering, and Settlement ProceduresA. Each distribution company within this state shall be required to propose and file a set of ABMS Procedures designed to implement retail access for Rhode Island customers. The electric distribution company shall propose such ABMS Procedures in its filing with the Clerk of its retail access distribution tariffs required by R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-1-27.1(a). The Commission shall review and approve the proposed ABMS Procedures. This subsection shall not apply to the Block Island Power Company, unless and until an NPP provides to the Commission notice of intention to provide power for Block Island; in such an event, any distribution company on Block Island shall file its ABMS procedures within sixty days.B. After the Commission approves a set of ABMS Procedures for an electric distribution company, all NPP's shall be required to comply with such approved procedures when serving retail customers within the service territory of such electric distribution company.C. The ABMS Procedures for an electric distribution company cannot be changed in any substantive manner except by a filing with the Clerk, with at least thirty days notice to all registered NPPs. Any proposed changes are subject to the approval of the Commission.810 R.I. Code R. 810-RICR-40-10-2.5