Thomas Caywood
NEES sale to British firm awaits public comment
Things were looking up last month for the pending $3.2-billion acquisition of New England Electric System by a British utility company. New England Electric...
Cities and towns trim bills by pooling electrical purchases
Rhode Island municipalities got a break on their electric bills in the second half of 1999 by pooling their purchasing power to buy electricity...
Plans, initiative spur Northern RI revival
From the development of a master plan in Burrillville to Pawtucket's ambitious 2020 initiative, The towns and cities of northern Rhode Island are looking...
SBA sidesteps efforts to streamline the agency
SBA sidesteps efforts to streamline the agency.
The federal agency that financially guarantees loans to small businesses dodged a bullet in 1999. Congress last year...
Texas company makes big push into RI
Locally owned energy utilities became an endangered species in Rhode Island in 1999. As the landmark merger of the state's three major electric utilities...
Amtrak in Warwick, facelift for Kennedy Plaza
Rhode Island transportation officials spent much of 1999 preparing to improve the state's transportation infrastructure for the 21st century. The state began preliminary work...
Rising health care costs trouble manufacturers
The year just passed brought painful health insurance premium hikes, more job cuts and some new names and faces to the state's manufacturing industry. ...
Quasi publics might be more trouble than gain
Quasi-public agencies such as the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation are designed to perform essential government functions efficiently by operating like a nimble private...
Delay in NEES, Eastern merger will cost
New England Electric System's pending merger with a British utility giant has taken another step toward final approval, but its proposed merger with Boston-based...
Open space, land use plans target of Duke fund grants
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation recently awarded two grants totaling more than $4.7 million to protect environmentally significant open space in Rhode Island, and...
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