In the March issue of the Rhode Island Bar Journal, Seth writes of the dangers of continuing a “business-as-usual” approach to Rhode Island’s energy system, and the economic opportunities we can grasp by embracing new and transformative technologies and meeting the...
National Grid has Exited Rhode Island with $5.3 Billion
National Grid has exited Rhode Island with $5.3 billion. The agency review process refused to allow advocacy for the public interest in rate reduction, allowing the utilities to continue capitalizing on their economic interests in infrastructure investment and their own utility-scale energy supply solutions. This editorial addresses the need to better regulate our monopoly utility to ensure that its interests do not conflict with our energy and climate policy to provide for lower cost, more secure and reliable and cleaner energy solutions moving forward.