PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- National Grid's transfer to PPL to take over the majority of the state's electric and gas supply was finalized Wednesday. National Grid and PPL both announced the $3.8 billion sale transfer. Under the deal, the energy…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission will meet Monday to discuss looming changes to Rhode Island Energy's utility rates. These proposed…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Cold temperatures mean more heat, and that means a bigger energy bill for Rhode Islanders. According to the latest data from the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visited Rhode Island on Tuesday to help launch the state's home energy rebate…
WASHINGTON, DC (WLNE) -- A Rhode Island man is among a group of three men sentenced Thursday in a racially-motivated scheme to destroy an energy facility. Liam Collins, 25, of Johnston, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for aiding…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee sat down with ABC6's Karah Bailey to discuss his administration's…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Frost is right around the corner for Rhode Islanders, meaning it's time to start thinking about how you'll be heating…
JOHNSTON, R.I. (WLNE) -- Residents of Johnston welcomed the weekend with a louder-than-usual alarm. Mayor Joe Polisena Jr. said that the loud noise that many residents heard around 6 a.m. came from the Rhode Island State Energy Center. He said…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and local partners will give away 1,000 trees in time for fall planting. The Energy-Saving Trees program will mark its 7th year helping Rhode Islanders lower their utility bills…
NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (WLNE) -- The U.S. Secretary of Energy visited Rhode Island on Friday to see the nation's first working offshore wind farm. Jennifer Granholm spoke on the success of the…
WEST WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) -- Gov. Dan McKee said Friday that Rhode Island received an extra $10 million in funding for the Public School Energy Equity Program. McKee said the funding will be used to improve infrastructure that will lead…
CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) -- U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is encouraging Rhode Islanders to take advantage of a new, energy-efficiency tax credit. The credit and rebates went into effect Jan. 1. as a part of the "Inflation Reduction Act" and can…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Sen. Jack Reed on Wednesday announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is releasing $29.5 million to help Rhode Island prepare for the upcoming winter. "As temperatures begin to dip and Putin's invasion…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office on Friday recommended some options to restrict Rhode Island Energy's proposal to substantially increase residents' winter heating bills. Attorney General Peter Neronha said he hopes the Public Utilities Commission considers…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Public Utilities Commission held a public meeting Friday morning to discuss energy rate hikes for gas and electric bills that are set to start in October. According to the Public Utilities Commission, Rhode Islanders will…
Rhode Island is once again working with the Arbor Day Foundation to give away trees this spring to help homeowners conserve energy and reduce utility costs
Twitter: @markcurtisABC6It's been a cold snowy winter, but some local governments are turning energy savings into cold hard cash.Using a federal environmental grant, Warwick replaced the cooling pi...
Rhode Island FC Press Release WHAT Rhode Island FC returns to Centreville Bank Stadium to face Louisville City FC in Week 27 of…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Revolution Wind has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in order to challenge the Trump administration's stop-work order on its wind power project 15 miles off of Rhode Island's coast.…
NEWPORT, R.I. (WLNE)-- Crowds gathered in Newport on Tuesday evening to rally against the Trump administration's stop-work order on the Revolution Wind project. The project, according to builders Ørsted, would generate enough energy once finished to power 350,000 homes in…
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WLNE) -- Emotions were high in Quonset on Monday, as Rhode Island union leaders and the state's congressional delegation lamented…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Danish wind farm developer, Orsted, said the Revolution Wind project is about 80 percent complete, with 45 of its…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- High Noon has issued a voluntary recall of its vodka seltzer after some cases were mislabeled as Celsius energy drinks. The…
