Residents furious over proposed winter heating rate hikes speak during public comment period
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) -- Dozens of outraged residents and state leaders attended a public hearing Friday morning held by the Public Utilities Commission,…
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McKee announces plan to lower electric bills for 39,000 low-income customers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Gov. Dan McKee and the office of Energy Resources announced on Wednesday a plan that aims to lower electric costs for 39,000 low income Rhode Islanders. Rhode Island Energy, the state's primary utility, announced last month…
'It will not only be beneficial for the environment, but also create hundreds of jobs': McKee signs offshore wind bill
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WLNE) -- Gov. Dan McKee signed a new offshore wind bill Wednesday. The bill requires a procurement for between 600 and 1,000 megawatts of newly-developed offshore wind capacity. Rhode Island Energy is required to issue the procurement…
National Grid overcharge: Minimal on customer, big profit for company
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Following a National Grid internal investigation on an overcharge of customers by $2.2 million over an 8- year period, The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission is now conducting their…
NASA/NOAA 2021 Climate Change Data
PROVIDENCE, RI (WLNE) - The data is in: 2021 was confirmed by experts at NASA/NOAA to be the sixth hottest year on record in nearly…
What to know about the man authorities say fatally shot 2 Brown students and a MIT professor
An MIT professor was fatally shot at his home and police launched a homicide investigation
RIDOH lifts multiple algae bloom advisories
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said it has lifted harmful algae bloom advisories in three towns. The advisories were for JL Curran Reservoir in Cranston, Smith and Sayles…
Providence Place receiver files petition for Apple Cinemas to take over movie theater
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Providence Place receiver W. Mark Russo said that he filed a petition in Rhode Island Superior Court to allow Apple Cinemas to take over operation of the mall's theater. Russo said that if court approval was…
RIDOH recommends avoiding Johnson's Pond in Coventry
COVENTRY, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management recommended the public avoid contact with Flat River Reservoir, also known as Johnson's Pond, in Coventry due to a blue-green algae bloom. RIDOH…
McKee, Conn. Gov, Lamont address Revolution Wind restart in joint conference
NEW LONDON, Conn. (WLNE) -- Governor Dan McKee is in Connecticut today and he and his counterpart, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont delivered a joint…
McKee, Neronha and RI Delegation celebrate Revolution Wind court win
NEW LONDON, Conn. (WLNE) -- Governor McKee will join Connecticut Governor Lamont for a press conference on the restart of the Revolution Wind. That will…
DC District Court grants Revolution Wind injunction, construction expected to restart
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction Monday in favor of Revolution Wind after its construction was ordered to halt by the Trump administration. The offshore Rhode Island wind power…
Exeter set to unveil public housing solar power installation
EXETER, R.I. (WLNE) -- This morning, Exeter will be home to a first of its kind model for powering public housing. Today, a 6.5 megawatt solar…
Neronha to sue Trump over Revolution Wind, McKee seeks meeting with president on project
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and his Connecticut counterpart William Tong announced their intent Thursday to…
McKee sends letter to Secretary of the Interior over Revolution Wind Project stoppage
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Gov. Dan McKee sent Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum a letter in response to a meeting the two had about the stoppage of the Revolution Wind Project. The U.S. Department of the Interior ordered any…
RIDOH recommends avoiding several bodies of water due to algae blooms
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management recommend avoiding contact with four bodies of water in the state due to confirmed blue-green algae blooms. The following waterbodies were part…
RI Delegation voices opposition to Trump wind project cancelation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island leaders are opposing the Trump administration's order to pause the Revolution Wind project. The project was placing offshore wind…
Revolution Wind project halted by Trump administration
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior ordered any ongoing activity related to the Revolution Wind Project to stop Friday. In a letter to leadership…
RIDOH updates algae advisories at multiple bodies of water
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health said it was recommending lifting a ban on recreational activities at Wenscott Reservoir in North Providence and closing Slack Reservoir in Smithfield and the state boat ramp at Tiogue…
RIDOH recommends avoiding part of lake in Coventry due to algae bloom
COVENTRY, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the public should avoid contact with a section of Tiogue Lake near Briar Point Beach in Coventry due to an algae bloom.…
RIDOH recommends avoiding pond in Smithfield due to algae bloom
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the public should avoid contact with Georgiaville Pond in Smithfield due to a blue-green algae bloom. RIDOH said that skin contact with…
RIDOH recommends public avoid lake in Cranston due to algae bloom
CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the public should avoid contact with Meshanticut Lake in Cranston due to a blue-green algae bloom. RIDOH said that skin contact with…
RIDOH lifts recreational activity advisory at Slack Reservoir in Smithfield
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said they have lifted an advisory to avoid recreational activity at Slack Reservoir in Smithfield. The advisory was put in place due to…
