Saturday March 8, 2025, the Providence Journal published a commentary by Seth Handy: Western RI deserves better strategy to stay warm
Steward’s Journal February 2023
Recent Stewardship
❖ Supported the opening of Hope & Main’s Downtown Makers Market, a new urban eatery and local market located at 100 Westminster Street and for the purchase of 945 Westminster Street where Hope & Main will open a new culinary incubator.
❖ Counselled closing on a conservation easement granted to the Nature Conservancy and Tiverton Land Trust which permanently preserves over 48 acres of forest and wetlands.
❖ Argued appeal in RI Supreme Court that projects connecting to local electric distribution system should not be charged costs of upgrading the region’s electrical transmission system.
❖ Argued appeal in RI Supreme Court that municipalities may only tax renewable energy projects as tangible assets and not also for their impact on real estate value.
❖ Filed class action lawsuits in Massachusetts and New York to recover taxes paid to National Grid that are not owed to the federal government.
❖ Obtained zoning variances for solar carport project at a renovated church building in Providence.
❖ Helped clients incorporate housing/farming cooperatives.
❖ Advocating at the PUC for energy storage (docket 5000) and utility compliance with interconnection law and improved interconnection policy (5205 and 5206).
❖ Conducted regulatory reviews in support of refinancing renewable energy projects in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Other News & Resources
❖ Helen won reelection to represent Ward 2 on the Providence City Council for a second 4-year term and now chairs the Finance Committee.
❖ Habitat for Humanity received a $150,000 grant to help build a Restore for reclaimed building materials in East Providence. Seth volunteers on their “pro team.”
❖ The Providence Journal published Seth’s article on Rhode Island’s record-high electric prices.