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Fight for control over invoicing fraud investigation heats up PUC meeting

A turf war has broken out between the dueling divisions of the state utility agency. The territorial battle centers on who should lead the investigation...
POWERS THAT BE: Peter Kaczmarek, president of Mearthane Products Corp. in Cranston, has decided to add rooftop solar panels to his facility in part because of concerns about increasing electricity rates in the region. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Firms fret about how big their power bills will grow

The massive milling machines and grinders used to make Hindley Manufacturing Co.’s signature wire hardware are power hungry, so it’s no surprise that President...

PPL Foundation opens grant program for R.I. nonprofits

PROVIDENCE – The philanthropic arm of the state’s primary utility operator is offering grants of up to $50,000 to eligible Rhode Island nonprofits. PPL Foundation,...

National Grid program manipulated invoices, costing R.I. customers $2.2M

PROVIDENCE – National Grid intentionally manipulated the invoices of its energy-efficiency program from 2012 to 2020, costing Rhode Island customers up to $2.2 million...

R.I. Supreme Court rejects challenge to India Point Park power line...

PROVIDENCE – A decadeslong battle over where the power lines above India Point Park should go appears to have ended, with the R.I. Supreme...

R.I. Senate unanimously approves offshore wind procurement bill

PROVIDENCE - When PPL Corp. took ownership of Rhode Island’s primary gas and electric operations, company leaders pledged to help advance the state’s ambitious...

Skeptics of new R.I. utility owners seek proof of environmental, ratepayer...

PROVIDENCE – Top executives with the Pennsylvania company that now owns Rhode Island’s primary utility company were welcomed with open arms by top state...

Narragansett Electric now ‘Rhode Island Energy’ with $3.8B sale finalized

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s primary utility business is now under new ownership. National Grid on Wednesday announced the sale of Narragansett Electric Co. to PPL...

Settlement greenlights National Grid sale to PPL

PROVIDENCE – The final obstacle in the sale of Rhode Island’s primary utility business has been cleared, with the R.I. Office of the Attorney...
OPEN PATH: Linda Perri, a longtime resident of the Washington Park neighborhood in Providence, stands at a narrow public access point on the Providence working waterfront that she and other residents fought to establish. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SHADES OF GREEN: Can Providence’s working waterfront be both livable and...

Owning a home near the water isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. At least not for Linda Perri, who lives a mile west...
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