What's New

To spur the development of new renewable energy projects, National Grid needs to make a long-term commitment to buying clean renewable sources like wind and solar power.

For more than five years Environment Rhode Island and our allies have been pressuring the General Assembly and the Public Utilities Commission to force National Grid to make a long-term commitment to renewable energy.

Now, in a major turn of events, National Grid has publicly stated that is favors long-term purchases of clean renewable energy, and they have entered into negotiations with Environment Rhode Island and our allies on the issue.

Click here to read more about about this important new development from the Providence Journal.

In the next few months Environment Rhode Island will be working with our allies at the General Assembly to put a requirement for National Grid to buy clean renewable energy into law. 

Brief Summary

To create a New Energy Future we need to decrease our dependence on dirty and dangerous energy sources like coal and nuclear power, and shift to clean renewable alternatives like wind and solar power.

Relying less on dirty, coal-fired power plants means less global warming pollution and reduced threat to public health. The largest polluter of carbon dioxide in the Northeast is the Brayton Point power plant, which is situated just 30 miles east of Providence in Somerset, Massachusetts.

Producing more of our energy at home means Rhode Island can become less dependent on foreign sources, which often come from unstable regions around the world.

Clean energy will also benefit Rhode Island’s economy by creating new manufacturing, installation and maintenance jobs, and helping to moderate the spikes in energy prices that are caused by soaring fuel-costs.

Environment Rhode Island is currently working to make sure National Grid makes a long-term commitment to buying renewable energy in Rhode Island.