Firms fret about how big their power bills will grow

Nancy Lavin

01/06/2023

POWERS THAT BE: Peter Kaczmarek, president of Mearthane Products Corp. in Cranston, has decided to add rooftop solar panels to his facility in part because of concerns about increasing electricity rates in the region.  PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

The massive milling machines and grinders used to make Hindley Manufacturing Co.’s signature wire hardware are power hungry, so it’s no surprise that President Charles Hindley is worried that his company’s hefty energy bills are going to grow much bigger soon. The manufacturer was temporarily spared from the hikes in winter electric rates that were

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