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ISO New England says electric grid ready for winter energy demand

PROVIDENCE – The region's electric grid is expected to meet consumer demand this winter, ISO New England announced Monday. Aided by forecasts for a milder...

Shekarchi urges R.I. Energy to halt shutoffs, waive fees for federal...

PROVIDENCE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi urged Rhode Island Energy to halt utility shutoffs and waive fees for federal workers hit by the...

Rhode Island Energy signs new deal for major gas pipeline expansion

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Energy has signed a new agreement to lock in additional natural-gas pipeline capacity through Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC's upcoming Reliable...
SPECIALTY SHOP: Tyler and Anna Burnley, left, and Chad Hoffer, right, opened Utility in Middletown, a store that sells unique kitchen tools, cookware and pantry items. 
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Unique kitchen tools, cookware for chefs and hosts

As one of the operators of Mission Burger and Thames Street Kitchen, Anna Burnley knows there are some kitchen tools that culinary professionals simply...
LACKING LEVERAGE: Gov. Gina. M. Raimondo wants state lawmakers to give Rhode Island’s Department of Public Utilities and Carriers the same authority to fine utilities that Massachusetts and other states have. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELI SHERMAN

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...
ADDED BENEFIT: Jacques Afonso, manager of community and customer management with National Grid Rhode Island, speaks with Jennifer Bray, senior program manager for corporate communications. Afonso has taken advantage of National Grid’s partial student-loan repayment benefit to help pay back $60,000 in loans after graduating from Suffolk University in 2009.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Loan repayment helps employers compete

Jacques Afonso, a manager of community and customer management for National Grid Rhode Island, had worked for the utility for almost a decade when...
BAD FOR BUSINESS: National Grid Rhode Island President Timothy F. Horan is facing growing public distrust of the utility following criticism from lawmakers and others over rate increases and storm response. PBN FILE PHOTO/­RUPERT WHITELEY

Poor planning, communication fueling distrust of NatGrid

It’s been a difficult second half of the year for National Grid Rhode Island. The state’s largest utility has had a bull’s eye on...

NatGrid misread storm. Now what?

National Grid Rhode Island is under fire in the aftermath of the Oct. 29-30 storm that left tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders without...
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