McKee budget proposes $5M for small-business energy upgrades

Corrected at 5:50 p.m. on Feb. 2

Christopher Allen

02/01/2023

rQg5RFTW-RIStatehouse — GOV. DANIEL J. McKee's budget proposal includes $5 million for a loan program for businesses to finance energy efficiency projects ./ PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

PROVIDENCE – Robert “Rocky” Kempenaar, a commercial developer who operates four hotels on Aquidneck Island and is in the approval process for a mixed-use development in Middletown, is shopping for ways to cut his energy bills. Kempenaar said he has already factored in a 30% increase in expected costs for his next fiscal year budget. And he…

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