Posts Tagged ‘electricity’
Relief for winter heating costs for Rhode Islanders – apply, renew now
Governor Dan McKee and the Office of Energy Resources (OER) announced programs to provide relief on winter heating costs for Rhode Islanders following a Public Utilities Commission (PUC) vote on winter electric rates. $3 million in funding will be available for direct rate relief to low-income Rhode Island residents for the upcoming winter season. Additionally,…
Read MoreBrown University think-tank report on how to speed up transforming local energy systems
Brown University report on transforming New England energy systems to meet climate change goals
Read MoreA kick in the gas – Rhode Island Energy rate increase – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof ConvergenceRI, contributing writer R.I. Attorney General, Peter Neronha, and his top civil attorneys, Miriam Weizenbaum, talk about plans to change the regulatory structure in order to phase out the use of fossil fuels in the generation of electricity The news that Rhode Island Energy, the newly formed utility company formed as a…
Read MoreRI Energy 47% rate increase part of “transition to clean energy” – Gov. McKee calls on PUC for relief
Governor Dan McKee has filed public comment urging the Public Utilities Commission to take specific action to provide relief to Rhode Islanders in response to Rhode Island Energy’s request for a rate increase of 47 percent effective October 1. In his comments, the Governor urged the Commission to take the following actions: Suspend the customer…
Read More(Updated) Local electric rates to soar, be prepared – Rhode Island Energy
(See update to the original story at bottom of article) Issuing a press release with this title – “Rhode Island Energy Encourages Customers to Prepare Now for Significantly Higher Winter Electricity Supply Prices” – Rhode Island Energy, the new owner of National Grid, formerly New England Electric, residents of Rhode Island have been “forewarned” about…
Read MoreAfter the storm…
At the height of the storm over 73,000 Rhode Islanders were without power. Today that figure is estimated to be less than 44,000 and they are centered in South County. Most of Rhode Island was surprised to have a more moderate storm – downgraded to a Tropical Storm just before hitting our shores – with…
Read MoreGovernor’s 100% by 2030 renewable electricity goal
(A week ago Governor Raimondo announced a major announcement would take place today, January 17, 2020. Here is the information that was released at a press event at the RI State House, following up on her State of the State intent to have Rhode Island move toward a 100% renewable electricity goal in the next…
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