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NATIONAL GRID RHODE ISLAND is seeking to increase the charges customers pay for to help fund its energy efficiency programs this year. The proposed 2022 Energy Efficiency Plan will be voted on by the R.I. Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARK S. MURPHY

National Grid eyes hike in charges to pay for energy efficiency...

Economic Activity 01/24/2022

PROVIDENCE – Record demand for National Grid energy home weatherization services created budget overruns which may, in turn, drive up the fees customers pay...

National Grid withdraws proposal to hike R.I. gas rates

Economic Activity 01/21/2022

PROVIDENCE – Changing market forecasts and a calculation mistake will spare National Grid Rhode Island customers from at least some of the proposed increases...

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT: David A. Caldwell Jr., vice president of North Kingstown custom-homebuilding company Caldwell & Johnson Inc., at the construction site for a Jamestown home that will be capable of net-zero energy use. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Measures aim to boost desire for greener buildings

Focus 06/25/2021

When Peter Gill Case founded his sustainability-focused architectural firm, Providence-based Truth Box Inc., in 2002, he had lofty expectations. “I thought there was this race,...

PUC greenlights price cuts for solar projects, but votes down proposed...

Economic Activity 02/19/2021

WARWICK – Commercial and large-scale solar projects will see a drop in the 15-year tariffs paid by National Grid under prices approved by the...

Developers push back on proposed cuts to National Grid renewable energy...

Government 02/17/2021

PROVIDENCE – A proposed price cut to what National Grid Rhode Island will pay for energy produced by commercial solar projects has drawn ire...

Despite 2021 rate decreases, manufacturers criticize National Grid energy efficiency plan

Government 01/14/2021

PROVIDENCE – Thanks to unspent funds during the pandemic, National Grid Rhode Island customers will see the charges they pay to support energy efficiency...

Warwick business park owner plans 4MW parking lot solar array

Natural Resources 10/08/2020

WARWICK – The owner of a large industrial business park near T.F. Green Airport is moving forward with plans to build a sprawling, solar...

RIPUC approves National Grid’s proposed winter electricity rates

Economic Activity 10/02/2020

WARWICK – National Grid Rhode Island customers will see their monthly electricity bills increase by roughly 10% beginning Oct. 1, according to new rates...

RIPUC approves National Grid’s proposed winter electricity rates

Economic Activity 09/29/2020

WARWICK – National Grid Rhode Island customers will see their monthly electricity bills increase by roughly 10% beginning Oct. 1, according to new rates...