Tag: Natural Gas
National Grid withdraws proposal to hike R.I. gas rates
PROVIDENCE – Changing market forecasts and a calculation mistake will spare National Grid Rhode Island customers from at least some of the proposed increases...
Report: R.I. has 5th-highest natural gas prices in the country
PROVIDENCE – Even before the recent wave of inflation drove up energy prices, Rhode Islanders were already paying more to heat their homes with...
R.I. utilities regulators approve natural gas rate increases
WARWICK (AP) – Rhode Island utilities regulators have approved an increase in National Grid Rhode Island's natural gas rates, but because of the ongoing...
Construction continues at liquefaction facility at Fields Point
PROVIDENCE – In an update, National Grid reports that the construction of a natural gas liquefaction plant has continued at Fields Point throughout the...
Utility to pay $53M for gas explosions that damaged homes
BOSTON (AP) – A utility company blamed for a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts that killed one person and damaged dozens of...
Five Questions With: Terry Sobolewski
Terry Sobolewski | President, National Grid Rhode Island
1. What’s been your greatest challenge since taking the job? I think the greatest challenge we...
State must have same leverage as Mass. to hold utility accountable
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has had National Grid Rhode Island in her sights since an October 2017 storm that left tens of thousands of...
National Grid, Enbridge faulted for January’s natural gas emergency
WARWICK – State and federal regulators on Wednesday blamed utility giants National Grid Rhode Island and Enbridge Inc. for equipment failures that caused January’s...
Landmark law that spurred U.S. renewables growth gets overhaul
WASHINGTON – A 40-year-old law that’s been key to the growth of renewable energy in the United States is set for a major overhaul...
National Grid all in on natural gas
For all the talk about renewable energy in Rhode Island, the state’s largest utility is doubling down on natural gas.
Without announcements or fanfare, National...