Gas prices in R.I., Mass. fall as oil prices slide below...
PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island dropped to $3.43 per gallon, 13 cents less than last week...
Winter electric rate hikes approved despite protest
WARWICK – Historic electric rate hikes will prevail despite controversy, with state regulators approving the proposed rate increases Friday.
The R.I. Public Utilities Commission’s 3-0...
5 years later, Block Island celebrated as birthplace of U.S. offshore...
PROVIDENCE – State leaders lavished praise on the people who envisioned and built the Block Island Wind Farm while marking its five-year anniversary on...
Citizens to go 100% renewable under Kansas wind farm agreement
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is going green under a new agreement to buy the equivalent of 100% of its energy needs from...
R.I., Mass. gas prices keep falling; AAA Northeast remains cautious
PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island dropped to $3.56 per gallon, 13 cents less than last week...
Protestors urge state regulators to deny winter energy rate hikes
WARWICK – Utility shutoffs. Homelessness. Even death.
These were among the dire predictions that local residents, advocacy groups and lawmakers warned would result from increases...
Funding snub not the end of blue economy
It was unrealistic to have expected U.S. Commerce Secretary and former R.I. Gov. Gina M. Raimondo to use her influence to steer to her...
R.I. gets $23M in federal funding to expand electric vehicle charging...
PROVIDENCE – The state is putting the pedal to the medal on electric vehicles after receiving the federal green light – and nearly a...
PPL Foundation opens grant program for R.I. nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – The philanthropic arm of the state’s primary utility operator is offering grants of up to $50,000 to eligible Rhode Island nonprofits.
PPL Foundation,...
R.I. aquaculture sees ‘banner year’ in 2021
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The Aquaculture Comeback State doesn’t quite have the same ring as the "Calamari Comeback" nickname given to Rhode Island after the...
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