Enough Electric Rate Rhetoric

Here’s Seth’s response to the Providence Journal’s advocacy for business as usual as the cost effective solution to our high energy rates – it hasn’t worked so far and is not the path RI’s leadership or our energy stakeholders have selected for a more affordable...

Space Needs to be Made for Renewable Energy in Rhode Island

Our opinion piece in EcoRI speaks to the delicate balance between siting renewables and conservation.  Project siting is one big obstacle to timely implementation of a more economical and sustainable energy future. You can read it in EcoRI: Space Needs to be Made for...

The Return of Taxation Without Representation

Here’s Seth’s summer of 2017 Bar Journal article on our pursuit of an IRS exemption from a utility-imposed pass through tax on interconnecting renewable energy to the distribution system: The Return of Taxation Without Representation.  ...
Our Energy Values

Our Energy Values

We’ve hit the national press with our piece on Rhode Island’s pursuit of real value in its energy decisions: Our Energy Values Seth H. Handy Rhode Island laments its high cost of electricity for good reason; it is not competitive.  Few fully understand what drives...

Time for Consistency & Facts on Energy Costs

Here’s our July 5, 2017 Providence Journal opinion piece seeking a fact-based approach to reduced energy costs and highlighting a rapidly evolving new energy economy. My Turn: Seth H. Handy: Renewables can meet energy demand