How environmental advocates stopped a late-session push to let RI Energy own power plants

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: June 8, 2026

Words: 1,469

Last Updated: 3 days, 9 hours ago

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No one testified in opposition when a proposal that would let Rhode Island Energy own power plants went before lawmakers during concurrent chamber vettings on April 28.

It seemed unlikely that the sweeping reversal of a three-decade-old law separating utility ownership from power generation would advance, said Emily Koo, Rhode Island program director and senior policy advocate for the Acadia Center.

Which is why she and other environmental advocates with Green Energy Consumers Alliance and …

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