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R.I. gas ticks up 4 cents as hurricane impacts prices

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island was $2.18 per gallon this week, an increase of 4 cents...
THE R.I. SUPERIOR COURT has dismissed a lawsuit against the R.I. Department of Environmental Management that petitioned the department to increase its efforts and regulations to address climate change.

R.I. court dismisses lawsuit against DEM petitioning for more climate change...

PROVIDENCE – A Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nature’s Trust Rhode Island that sought to petition the R.I. Department of...
PERSONAL TOUCH: Bloom Back Flowers owner Angela Rotondo believes being a florist means taking time to get to know your clients to build a personalized bouquet. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Online florist market blooms with unique, personal arrangements

Angela Rotondo wholeheartedly believes that florists should capture the personality of their client in their flower arrangements made for them. Rotondo, the owner of Rhode...
RHODE ISLAND ranked No. 14 in the nation for utilities cost in 2020 at $410.81. / AP FILE PHOTO/JOHN ANTCZAK

R.I. has 14th-highest utilities cost in nation

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has the 14th-highest monthly utility costs in the United States at $410.81, according to a new report from Move.org. Rhode Island...

Average R.I. gas price holds at $2.14 per gallon

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island remained $2.14 per gallon this week and was 5 cents below...

Construction continues at liquefaction facility at Fields Point

PROVIDENCE – In an update, National Grid reports that the construction of a natural gas liquefaction plant has continued at Fields Point throughout the...
A NEW REPORT FOUND that Rhode Island could generate up to 7,340 megawatts of renewable energy from solar projects on parking lots, brownfields and other already-developed land. / COURTESY R.I. OFFICE OF ENERGY RESOURCES

Report: R.I. could power 1.5M homes with solar arrays on developed...

PROVIDENCE – As the state forges ahead with ambitious renewable-energy goals, solar arrays on already-developed land such as brownfields and parking lots could play...

Proposed three-year rate hike for Providence Water customers approved

WARWICK - Residential and municipal customers of the Providence Water Supply Board will soon see their monthly bills increase. The R.I. Public Utilities Commission on...
REGULAR GAS in Rhode Island averaged $2.13 per gallon this week. / AP FILE PHOTO/JOHN RAOUX

Gas prices in R.I., Mass., dip 1 cent this week

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island declined 1 cent from last week to $2.13 per gallon. That's...

Two R.I. parking lot solar arrays approved in National Grid’s first-round...

WARWICK – Two solar developers with plans to build ground-mounted canopies over parking lots will be the first to benefit from a new state...
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