BRIGHT IDEA: Christopher Morra Sr., president and CEO of National Security, shows off a solar panel system that he said in 2014 had saved the company $8,631 in 13 months. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. General Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation to expand a state program that encourages new installation of renewable-energy projects. The legislation – if approved by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo – would add 400 megawatts of renewable-energy capacity to the the state’s existing Renewable Energy Growth Program during the decade beginning in 2020.…