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ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS in Rhode Island and Massachusetts have seen rates skyrocket in recent years in part because of the region's reliance on natural gas to produce electricity, but the rates in both states have differed greatly at times. / / AP FILE PHOTO

Purchase power of utility companies on display in R.I., Mass.

Rhode Island electricity users who will see their rates remain about the same compared with last winter's rates might be looking with envy into...

R.I. signs first-time agreement for multistate offshore wind procurement with Mass.,...

BOSTON – Rhode Island energy officials announced Wednesday that the Ocean State has joined New England’s first multistate offshore wind memorandum of understanding with...

R.I. Supreme Court could intervene in Verizon tax challenge

PROVIDENCE – Verizon New England Inc. is asking the state’s high court to review its so far unsuccessful legal challenge asserting it is owed...
THE CROWDS that showed up at previous PVDFests downtown didn't materialize this year at the 195 District Park, in part because of miserable weather. But some say the festival needs to move back to downtown. / COURTESY PVDFEST

Figuring out the future of PVDFest

PVDFest will return next year, but Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley's administration is beginning the process of figuring out what it will look like...

Federal court upholds updated shoreline access law

PROVIDENCE – A federal court has struck down a legal challenge to Rhode Island's updated shoreline access law, preserving expanded public access to the...

Providence City Plan Commission approves Brown University’s proposed master plan

PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Plan Commission Tuesday night approved Brown University’s proposed Institutional Master Plan. The university updates its master plan every five years...

Lardaro: Recession effects still muted

PROVIDENCE – Federal funding and budget surpluses continue to limit the effects of Rhode Island's "statistical" recession but the state's economic momentum remains stalled,...
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