R.I. Gen. Laws § 22-7.10-2
It shall be the duty of the joint committee on energy to promote and encourage the development of effective and efficient plans, programs, strategies, and standards for energy conservation, energy efficiency, and energy resource procurement, use and development, including renewable energy, and in the furtherance to this purpose, it shall be the duty of the joint committee to provide oversight of the implementation of standard offer service through 2020 and all agencies and instrumentalities of the state with responsibility for energy programs, including, but not limited to, the office of energy resources, the Rhode Island energy efficiency and resources management council, the public utilities commission, and the division of public utilities.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 22-7.10-2