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| 9/23/2005 | |
| PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Gov. Don Carcieri on Friday asked the Public Utilities Commission to reject a 24 percent rate increase requested by Narragansett Electric, saying the commission should wait until the end of hurricane season before deciding on a rate hike. | |
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Rebates offered on energy-efficient gas appliances
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7/21/2007 |
| National Grid, the only provider of natural gas in the state, has begun a new program that encourages customers to use the fuel more efficiently by providing rebates on energy-saving appliances and other incentives. | |
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Bill would mandate energy-efficient products
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6/19/2006 |
| The General Assembly has passed a bill that requires boilers, furnaces, and a handful of other products sold in Rhode Island to meet certain energy efficiency standards. | |
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CRMC seeks wind, wave generator moratorium
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5/3/2008 |
| The agency that regulates Rhode Island’s coastline has proposed a one-year moratorium on wind farms and wave generators in the state’s coastal waters so it can develop a special management plan that will determine where such projects will be allowed. | |
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Encouraging Clean Energy
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4/9/2007 |
| Utility provider National Grid has added new fees to the bills of its natural gas and electricity customers that support state-mandated programs for encouraging energy efficiency and increasing the use of renewable energy. | |
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Wind Farm Gathers Steam
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4/4/2008 |
| Wind farm developers, show us your plans. That’s the message Governor Carcieri sent yesterday to private developers who may be interested in building a massive offshore wind farm that would generate at least 15 percent of the electricity consumed throughout Rhode Island –– about 1.3 million megawatts of power a year. | |
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Op-Ed: The Power Of Community Wind
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3/23/2008 |
| MATT AUTEN JIM SEVENEY RHODE ISLAND is on the threshold of fundamental change in energy policy. Consider the circumstances driving a shift toward renewable energy: strong public support and awareness; traditional sources of energy, such as coal, oil and natural gas, becoming financially and ecologically unaffordable; evidence of global warming appearing in our own backyards; state political leaders publicly extolling wind power; private developers and private capital becoming active in the state; and big energy companies and utilities getting on board. | |
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Renewable-Energy Bills Seen Aiding Economy
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3/07/2008 |
| Senate President Joseph Montalbano introduced four energy-related bills yesterday that he said will spark development of small-scale renewable-energy projects in Rhode Island’s city and towns, foster private investment in large-scale wind and solar projects, stabilize electricity prices, and at the same time, spur economic development within the state. | |
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National Grid to offer gas users energy-efficient rebate
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12/8/2006 |
| National Grid has filed a plan with state regulators that will create a program to encourage customers to use natural gas more efficiently by providing rebates for energy-saving appliances and other incentives. | |
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Environmental group praises R.I. for clean energy effort
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11/18/2007 |
| Rhode Island was one of seven states last week to be given Gold Stars by Environment America, a federation of advocacy groups from 27 states formed earlier this year. In a report called America’s Clean Energy Stars: State Actions Leading America to a New Energy Future, the group praised Rhode Island for adopting “bold policies” and adopting at least four of five cutting-edge policy initiatives examined by the report. | |
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Environment America ranks R.I. among nation's leaders in energy policy
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11/14/2007 |
| Rhode Island is one of seven “gold star” states recognized by Environment America for their clean energy policies, in a nationwide analysis released today by the Environment Rhode Island Research & Policy Center. | |
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Pleading for a break
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10/2/2005 |
| WARWICK -- Several Rhode Islanders made emotional pleas to the Public Utilities Commission yesterday, asking the panel to reject a proposed 23.8-percent increase in natural gas rates. | |
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Renewable-energy source rules debated
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10/13/2005 |
| WARWICK -- State regulators are close to completing rules that will shift more of Rhode Island's electricity supply to renewable resources. | |
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Carcieri Wants 3-Member PUC
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1/25/2008 |
| Governor Carcieri has proposed shrinking the Public Utilities Commission to three members from five. Assuming the General Assembly goes along with the proposal, it shouldn’t be hard to implement. That’s because the PUC never had five members, even though state law has required it for the past four years. | |
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National Grid agrees to buy renewable energy
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1/15/2008 |
| National Grid PLC has dropped its objection to signing long-term contracts with suppliers of renewable energy, a decision that advocates of wind farms say could unleash a flood of proposals in the state. | |
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