Tag: R.I. Office of Energy Resources
While delays have hampered offshore wind, land-based turbines loom large in...
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on the challenges and opportunities of solar- and wind-farm development in Rhode Island and...
Solar flare-up: Solar farms facing backlash across Ocean State
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on the challenges and opportunities of solar- and wind-farm development in Rhode Island and...
PUC approves financial incentive for solar canopies on parking lots
WARWICK – Rhode Island will soon begin offering an extra financial incentive to commercial solar developers who build their ground-mounted canopies over parking lots. The...
R.I. utility companies to buy 50MW of power from Conn. solar...
PROVIDENCE – All three Rhode Island electric companies will share in the power generated by a Connecticut solar development under an agreement announced by...
Incentive aims to slow solar-panel sprawl on R.I. farmlands, forests
An extra 6 cents doesn’t seem like much of a financial incentive, but state officials and environmental groups are hoping it’s enough to lure...
Raimondo names three to energy leadership positions
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Friday named her choices for three top energy positions, including Nicholas S. Ucci for state energy commissioner. All...
Mass. adds 1K clean energy jobs in 2019
BOSTON – The Massachusetts clean-energy industry continued to grow in 2019, adding 1,000 jobs and increasing its share of the gross state product, according...
R.I. Energy Commissioner Grant to retire
PROVIDENCE – State Energy Commissioner Carol Grant is retiring from her role effective Jan. 10, the R.I. Department of Administration announced Friday. Grant was confirmed...
3 developers gain energy efficiency grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. and the R.I. Office of Energy Resources have awarded $675,000 in funds to three developers...
Gold elected to chair National Regulatory Research Institute board of directors
PROVIDENCE – Commissioner Marion Gold of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission has been elected by the National Regulatory Research Institute as chair of...
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