DOUG GABLINSKE is executive director of the Energy Council of Rhode Island, which is calling on the General Assembly to omit the energy-efficiency program charge on ratepayers’ bills for the next fiscal year in light of COVID-19 and its economic effects. / COURTESY DOUG GABLINSKE
BRISTOL – The Energy Council of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Manufacturing Association are calling on the General Assembly to suspend the Energy Efficiency program for the new fiscal year. Doing so would halt the energy-efficiency charge on all ratepayers’ bills and have no impact on the state’s budget, according to a joint news…