(a) No later than September 1, 2024, the commission shall commence a process, which includes stakeholder engagement, to adopt a framework for an interconnection tariff for energy storage systems connected to the electric distribution system that recognizes the flexible operating characteristics of energy storage systems.
(b) Following the public utilities commission’s adoption of a framework, which shall be completed no later than May 1, 2025, each electric distribution company as defined in § 39-1-2 that has greater than one hundred thousand (100,000) customers shall file a proposed energy storage system interconnection tariff for review and approval in a contested proceeding.