Energy Petition Commentary from the Public
As of the most recent update to this post, over 800 Rhode Islanders have signed the petition calling on state policymakers to adopt energy policies that will provide for affordable and abundant energy supplies for the residents of our state … instead of ‘net zero’ policies that will drive electricity prices and energy costs to staggering and unaffordable levels. Check back regularly for updated commentary.
The personal comments below were made and submitted by actual petition signers:
Name Personal Comments Submitted City
| Elizabeth Obrien | Low income families deserve peace of mind, worrying about keeping the lights on or buying groceries shouldn’t be a thing | Warwick |
| Frank F Rego | All of these policies are far reaching, based on estimations, and predictions based on opinion. Electric is proven less efficient than gas, and the pricing will be economically unfeasible. | Portsmouth |
| Craig Kinnane | Portsmouth | Portsmouth |
| Simone P Fargiorgio | Because of price, there is no reason why delivery charges often are more expensive than usage | Cranston |
| Richard Valente | Cost if electricity is out of control in our state. The energy goals and mandates that have been set are not realistic and will do more harm than good. | Cranston |
| Glen Gardiner Jr. | Renewable energy objectives should not be the priority over affordability. The investment and focus should be on Nuclear and Fision. | Lincoln |
| Ronald DeCosta | Costly program that will solve no problems and are crippling residents of the state .Another example of politicians not doing what’s best for their residents. Only doing what’s best for thief political narrative. Horrible policies. | Cranston |
| David j Levesque | Time for change Theleagueofribusinesses.com | North Providence |
| Audrey Nancy Coelho | My electric bills were only roughly half of what they are now with Rhode Island energy. National grid was so much better. I cannot afford the bills that I am getting right now and my energy bill should be based solely on what I am using for electricity it’s tax dollars that should be funding green energy. If I want solar panels I’ll put them on myself. That should not be in my electric bill because I’m getting charged for something that I didn’t use. Since when is my bill tacked onto for other b******* things like green energy. Enough is enough. You’re driving me to move out of the state of Rhode island! | Bristol |
| Stan Lewandowski | Westerly | Westerly |
| Maureen McClure | We are retired and these energy prices are going to drive us out of the state. We will be taking our volunteering and philanthropy with us to another state that is run for the people and not for power for the politicians. | Scituate |
| Gail A Conca | As an industrial property owner i cannot afford what the impact of this will be to my business | Smithfield |
| Elizabeth A. Reale | Policymakers need to put their constituents first as it relates to the cost of living in RI. Not many Rhode Islanders will be able to sustain the costs related to heat, electricity, car maintenance and insurance, rent, food, taxes, and medical. Where does a person draw the line when having to decide between paying a utility bill or eating? | Cranston |
| The carrying costs are a nefarious front! | ||
| David Czerwonka | The change over the unreliable and outrageously expensive alternative energy is ruinous for families and Rhode Island businesses. | East Providence |
| Catherine Flynn | Stop pricing people out of the state. | War |
| Claire Boyes | The average Rhode Islander cannot afford these energy mandates fees that the Legislative’s have passed. | Barrington |
| Jeremiah Holly | I am not opposed to all green initiatives. Recycling, preserving water, conserving on energy waste are all good ideas we should embrace. But compelling voters to adopt radical green policies is too far. | 19 Kearns Ave |
| Shawn OBrien | Because I was foolish to put in place in the first place | Warwick |
| Carolyn Grant | Enough | Riverside |
| Joanne Howe | RI are being bankrupted by this. 4 rooms. All gas. Not home all day paying 300. Im a senior on SS. | Warwick |
| Alicia Valladares | Rhode Island is already one most expensive states to live in. It is not fair to place this burden on the residents. Do something to make people and businesses want to stay in Rhode Island, not drive them out. | Cumberland |
| Michael benoit | Because it’s bankrupting the people here | North Kingstown |
| Joseph Teixeira | Rate payers are getting crushed. There must be a smart and cost effective energy strategy for Rhode Islanders. Today, there is neither. | NORTH KINGSTOWN |
| Elizabeth B Wallace | No public subsidies for international offshore wind developers. The Ocean State is about to become the next SUPERFUND site given POLITICIANS provided waivers to OSW – these blades break – WE THE RI TAXPAYERS FOOT THE BILL! Get real! | Newport |
| Rebecca Tyler | Electric costs are outrageous. Affordabilty should be a priority. | Richmond |
| Jillian Henderson | Citizens and programs aren’t receiving any type of relief or benefit. All I see is a loophole to launder taxpayer money and make it look feasible to people who are uneducated about their surroundings, and local/state economics. | Westerly |
| James Weinreich | Energy costs are too high for the average Rhode Islander. | Charlestown |
| Kathleen Maynard | Families can not afford such high energy bills. Research of costs in other states (including other blue states) shows that RI is unfairly expensive for people. | Pawtucket |
| Lynn DeNoia | We need to encourage development of PROVEN, COST-EFFECTIVE solutions, not subsidize anyone’s pet project that has shown itself not to be so. | Charlestown |
| ALBERT ALBA JR | We SHOULD NOT be selling our State out to the Offshore Wind Farm Companies. Germany has nearly the MOST wind farms per country, BUT their utility bills are the highest. We also do not need more wind turbines on land. Offshore wind and wind turbines will increase our utility bills. Rhode Island rates are already extremely high in comparison to other states. A State the Size of PEA in comparison to world geography is going to have NO effect on climate change regardless of how many offshore wind farms we have. Look at China. China has one of the largest offshore wind farms, YET it contributes the most to carbon emissions. | Narragansett |
| Keith Sharpe | Stop all of this climate nonsense. Ocean windfarms destroy more than they contribute. | Smithfield |
| Marco DeJoy | Rhode island residents like myself are being priced out of their homes and apartments. If utility rate costs continue for primarily gas in the winter, electric in the summer, middle class will no longer exist in RI. | Warwick |
| John D’Onofrio | Coventry | Coventry |
| John Bushee | The average Rhode Islander is spending a large portion of their salary on energy. Electricity bills are crippling budgets and causing financial pain. People are forced to decide between their electric bills and other life essentials | Bristol |
| Paul Haun | It’s a tax on the poor! | Warwick |
| Joan F. Marek | I am a retired, senior citizen living in my own home, still. No longer affordable for middle class tax payers. Younger working families as well.R.I. is a welfare state. Not sustainable. Dem. policies fail. | HarrisvilleI |
| Kelly Vieira | Energy costs are completely out of control!! High fee Costs(ex delivery fees) go way beyond our actual energy usage. | Warwick |
| Michael Carroll | we have been told renewable energy will be cheaper. this is not true in fact it will be more expensive. | South Kingstown |
| how about you politicians do something for your constituents for a change. | ||
| Bob Avizinis | Delivery charges on power from PPL is outrageous! How can seniors afford this? My heat is on 66 and my bills are crazy | Coventry |
| Mary solecki | Why are we forced into developments that we do not agree on. I can barely afford to live. Please we need some kind of relief from all increase that substantial | East providence |
| Linda Parrillo | Cumberland | Cumberland |
| Zachary Lowe | Reforms are necessary for too many reasons. The upcoming of solar panels that are harmful for the environment and only profiting the owners of the one’s placing them. We live in state that see’s minimal sunlight many months of the year. The push for the electric vehicle is no better or fair. Pushing costs up for electricity in many ways, all which are unnecessary and un beneficial for non electric car users. Coming from someone with automotive degree, also be hurting local small businesses BIG TIME. Withdrawal from the Greenhouse Gas initiative, delay the Act on Climate mandate and make this state affordable again, so small businesses and families can make an actual living in this state again! | Hope Valley |
| Briana Kidd | Charlestown | Charlestown |
| Kristen Trahan | Prices are to high with no end in site | Warwick |
| Edward Molloy | Net Zero legislation should be repealed | Wakefield |
| Thomas J Kaiser | We have witnessed the devastation of failed electrical grids when weather disables green energy sources. We need to use a smart mix of oil, gas, hydro and nuclear to maintain a reliable grid for all seasons. | Portsmouth |
| Carmelita Bisignani | The increase in Electric, Oil, etc., is making it impossible for us hard working people to keep up with monthly expenses let alone food. There needs to be some sort of plan to help out the working class. | West Warwick |
| John Campbell | The green initiative plan on plan is not obtainable with current and near future technology. It is only driving up costs and will not work. While I am for environmental protection, the “sky is falling” environmental predictions are not and will not become reality. My gas and electric bills have doubled in the last couple years and the current plan is going to make them increase even more. Stop the madness and develop a plan that can be a reality to both supply the ever increasing energy needs act an affordable price and protect the environment. | Cumberland |
| Max Greil | I’m poor I can’t afford this shit. | West Warwick |
| Elmer Ruiz | Please stop subsidizing green energy through our electric bill and lower the mandates that keep raising The cost of energy. Reform is needed. Please help Rhode Islanders and do the job you’ve been hired to do.Thank you | West Warwick |
| Robert O’Connor | My electric bill is out of control and difficult to pay. | Portsmouth |
| Barbara | Cost of living is off the charts | Cranston |
| Louis | Lower energy cost | Cranston |
| Rachel M Moquin | Too many people, young and old cannot afford these energy bills, there needs to be a solution to this huge problem. | Cranston |
| David Melillo | We can’t afford it anymore | West Warwick |
| Maryanne Perry | Rhode Island’s current energy approach isn’t working for regular people. Costs keep rising, infrastructure feels outdated, and we’re too dependent on outside sources. Energy reform is necessary to lower bills, improve reliability, and make smarter long-term choices for our state and future generations. | Bristol |
| Phyllis Stenhouse | I have electric heat and the costs have become too high to keep my home above 65 degrees. I am 89. | Cranston |
| Marcel Beausoleil | We are going in the wrong direction, energy costs are too high and current policies are putting us in a precarious position. Policy needs to be sensible and cost effective, what exists now is neither. | CUMBERLAND |
| Jerri Calenda | It’s too expensive for most Rhode Islanders that don’t get public assistance. | Johnston |
| Jim Swanberg | The average Rhode Islander is having a hard enough time in affording energy costs and the pending mandates will only make energy costs much greater. | Narragansett |
| Lori Van Amberg | Warren | Warren |
| Deborah S Baldwin | Please change and repeal these acts on climate mandates. Do what the majority of the people of RI want. We pay too much in taxes as it is.We can’t afford these high utility bills . We need affordable energy policies | Coventry |
| Jane E Robin | It is becoming increasingly difficult to be a resident of Warwick RI with all the tax increases; we are not all independently wealthy and are just trying to be comfortable in our homes. Please consider repealing this mandate | Warwick |
| Melissa Smith-McGinity | Energy prices have more than doubled and are unaffordable for most outsoles in this state. Stop with your green energy lunacy and get prices back to what they used to be. | Smithfield |
| Paul A Ouellette | Portsmouth | Portsmouth |
| Mark Bowen | We have backed ourselves into a corner regarding energy sources. We must seek more cost effective solutions that make sense. Not offshore wind. Not killing forests for solar. Maybe small modular reactors. | North Kingstown |
| Norma Gama | Warwick | Warwick |
| Maria P. Esposito | The green energy regulations are costing Americans more money. It’s a SCAM. | Cranston |
| Natural gas, nuclear energy are clean sources and more affordable . | ||
| Americans cannot afford the rising costs of their energy bills. They will lose their homes, apartments, ultimately their lives. Electric vehicles are dangerous and not practical.They can catch fire and fire personnel are unable to stop it; they have to let the fire burn out. Stop this evil religion of green energy mandates and please pass this bill. It’s for the good of humanity. | ||
| Thank you . | ||
| Michael Flint | RI energy and “green” initiative policies continue to drive up energy prices for both residential and commercial customers putting undue financial hardships on all. | |
| Thomas Lonardo | It is unsustainable for citizens of RI to be forced to bear the ever increasing escalating energy costs because of draconian energy policy decisions of the government that provides no relief to those who pay the energy cost and taxes. The cost of living for tax paying citizens will continue to drive income earning taxpayers out. Energy is the primary driver of this. | Cranston |
| Gary King | Smithfield | Smithfield |
| Kerrie Bergez | Please reverse all plans for building any more wind power and solar power. It doesn’t work and it costs too much. We need more oil and gas flowing into RI. | Scituate |
| John Kane Jr | Our beautiful ocean has already been destroyed with inefficient and unsightly wind turbines. These monstrosities are the most costly method to produce electricity. | Middletown |
| Pay attention and stop with the green energy and use some common sense. | ||
| Cory Almeida | This reform is necessary because these prices which will continue to increase, are not sustainable long term for the constituents of this state. Businesses and people will continue to leave the state if change doesn’t happen asap. | |
| I for one am looking at all options. | ||
| The possibility of moving is on the table because I don’t think I can afford to live here any longer knowing these rates could double in next few years. This along with consistent spending creates more tax increases and puts a massive burden on the constituents of this state. | ||
| If you want to be the best you have to attract the best and right now we are not attracting anyone with the overall current state of affairs here in Rhode Island. You’re actually pushing any talent worthwhile out of here. | ||
| Brian P Kenney | Rhode Islanders can not afford the price of these green energy mandates. We need relief from the high cost of energy in this state. | Newport |
| John Gifford | My January energy bills are doubled. We need to eliminate green energy surcharges immediately as a start to our energy reforms. | Bristol |
| Christopher Nobrega | Tiverton | Tiverton |
| John Hanna | We need to afford energy period. The green stuff will come as it comes but we shouldn’t be forcing it down people throats to the detriment of the most vulnerable. Going green has always been favorable to the wealthy. Show the people that you care about them | Pawtucket |
| Michael P. Armenia | Solar, wind and batteries increase CO2 emissions and do not replace fossil fuels or nuclear power. Adding these unreliable “renewables” will increase emissions over their life cycle and not replace fossil and nuclear needed for reliable baseload and backup of intermittents. Solar, Wind and Batteries along with electrification of home heating and transportation will double or triple citizens’ energy bills as is happening now. Natural gas now and switch to nuclear eventually is the only practical way to satisfy RI and national energy needs in an affordable way. | Newport |
| Michael Armenia,Nuclear Engineer,Energy Engineer | ||
| Founder: The Energy Council of Rhode Island | ||
| Drew d | North Smithfiield | North Smithfiield |
| Brian Carter | Affordability….and common sense!! | Warwick |
| Stephen E Larson | “Net-zero” is a fraud. It only appears economically possible ay present because the true costs are hidden by subsidies. If allowed to continue, energy will become a luxury that few can enjoy. | Portsmouth |
| Jason P Vieira | Everything the RI government does is in the interest of you, the politician. Your citizens are struggling to make ends meet because of your failed energy policies and your pipe dream of renewable energy with these eye sore windmills. The people want and demand relief. Total energy bills soaring toward $1000 and more for RI workers is something that should weigh heavily on your conscious. | Warwick |
| Marguerite Roche | A lot | Foster |
| Of people can not afford these high electricity bills. | ||
| Francine Jackson | At my age – 76 – I want to make sure I can continue to afford to live in my home. | Lincoln |
| Kevin Marnane | For the sake of the residents of for their wallets and health please repeal all net zero policies | Johnston |
| Paul Giammarco | The immediate expense to me is being ignored or hidden. | Cumberland |
| Becki Visnicky | Our electric bill is more than our car payments and it keep increasing. Make our electric affordable again. | Johnston |
| C. Cerritelli | C. Cerritelli | Providence |
| Karen OConnor | We need to reign in the additional charges for the green energy programs and others. It is unsustainable. Moreover, nuclear and natural gas power are fairly environmentally friendly and a fraction of the cost of wind and solar. | North Kingstown |
| Kimberly MCCULLOUGH | People are having to make hard choices when they can’t afford basic household costs. | Coventry |
| sheila shanley | “Act for the people” ……. WITHDRAW from the RGGI . | riverside |
| My electric bill makes NO sense. | ||
| Elizabeth marquis | We need something done about the cost of electric. Why is zfl so much cheape?The cost of electric is hurting families and seniors. Do something now. Elections coming up soon. | Warwickrquis4349@,gmail |
| James Kacewicz | Cranston | Cranston |
| Mark Huling | because energy is to high also when it cost is twice as high to deliver it then for consumption is ridiculous and we should not have to be force to buy reusable energy if we do not want to if we want combustible engines it should be are choice not be dictated two but we should have nuclear energy one more thing the windmill suck! they do not produce enough energy to be cost effective thank you | cranston |
| Richard Olechna | My home is all electric last month my bill was over 600 dollars this mouth I’m expecting over 1000.00 my home is about 1000 sq ft. My wife an I are frugal regarding this and at our age both over 70 it’s no way to live. I have heard the climate BS for 50yrs Florida underwater Manhatten under water. When we had the blizard in 78 we were all going to freeze please The climate changes every 50 yrs or so live long enough you can see how it works. Please take care of the people of Rhode Island and not the climate hustler’s thank you. | Providence |
| Gary Lanctot | Woonsocket | Woonsocket |
| Darius Thurman | You can lower pollution without burdening everyday people. Give Nuclear Energy a chance. | Newark |
| Edward Hanrahan | The current energy policies voted in to law by the RI legislative branch and signed by the governor are unattainable. Relying on green energy mandates to provide the energy that will be required in the future will not meet those needs, and will continue to drive the cost of energy up to the point that it will be unaffordable | Barrington |
| Ann Duran | I’m 68 years old and have to keep my house at 62-65 degrees – never higher. It’s uncomfortable, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to afford the bills. | Cranston |
| David Zygiel | Cost are out of control and unsustainable. | Portsmouth |
| Shelly Croft | The green initiative is not sustainable nor attainable and you are making every Rhode Islander suffer! | Tiverton |
| Mark MacDonald | North Kingstown | North Kingstown |
| Alice Gorman | Specifically, I support the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity’s call for this Senate Commission to recommend: | Providence |
| Repeal of RI’s Electric Vehicle mandate – motorists should not be forced to buy more expensive and dangerous vehicles | ||
| Withdrawal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – a cap-and-trade compact among states that purposefully raises our electric bills | ||
| Delay of all Act On Climate mandates by at least 20 years so that Ocean Staters will not have to pay massive price increases. Bills are way too high and causing people especially our seniors that are on a budget to not be able to afford other things like food and rent. | ||
| Jason O’Connell | People that are on fixed incomes will soon be forced out of their homes because they can’t keep up with the increased cost of their utilities. | Smithfield |
| My gas bill for last month was $457.00 and my electric bill was $250 and it’s my wife and I living their. | ||
| Let’s open up gas lines through New York to help this region flourish. Living in RI my whole life it’s time that our government representatives start making living here more affordable. The first step is by passing legislation so Rhode Islanders can save our hard earned money on utilities. | ||
| Secondly, stop spending and BALANCE THE BUDGET like responsible adults do. How has the states budget grown by 10x in twenty years? We’ve had the same amount of people living in RI for decades. Cost of living expenses doesn’t explain it. | ||
| Judy Ventura | All the fees on our utilitie bills for green energy are killing us. Green energy is an ideal not an affordable reality. | Rumford |
| John Tucci | The cost of my utility bills are outrageous. | Warwick |
| Charles Hayes | Remember we elected you to stand up for citizens of Rhode Island. Not special interests groups. Bottom line Rhode Island residents can’t afford the current electricity bill not even factoring in upcoming changes what will significantly increase electricity bills. Please use the most basic form of common sense. Thank you. | East Greenwich |
| Laurie Anne Lavallee | Rhode Islander’s should not be mandated to purchase electric vehicles. We are a country built on choice, not mandates. As an aging Rhode Islander, I should not be looking at my savings that I have built up for all of my working days and think that it will be spent on energy, initiatives, and mandates. Retirement should be a time of my life where I should enjoy the free time I have left, not worrying about how to pay my electric bill or how am I going to afford my next mode of transportation. | Warwick |
| Cheryl Dodd | Portsmouth | Portsmouth |
| Casey Hietala | The smallest state in the union has the least amount of land mass and cries about housing availability. Despite this, everywhere I turn, another lot of land is torn of its natural foliage to erect acres of solar farms funded by an involuntary tax on everyone that didn’t ask for it. Meanwhile our energy costs are only increasing. | Westerly |
| So as Rhode Islanders, we get less land, less natural scenery, and less money in our pockets. For what? | ||
| Terri-Lyn Lanctot | Woonsocket residents along with all RI residents should not have to pay outrageous energy bills to fund initiatives that they DO NOT WANT. These are the wants of elected officials who are OUT FOR THEMSELVES ONLY AND COULD CARE LESS ABOUT WHAT HARD WORKING Rhode Islanders truly want. I DI NOT WANT TO BE TOLD what I HAVE TO BUY OR DRIVE. | Woonsocket |
| Barbara Alderman | Unaffordable, utilities are nessacery for survival of life. | East Providence |
| Susan J Kilduff | Yes please. | E Greenwich |
| Helene | The cost of energy is hurting people in RI, we need to get this under control. | Providence |
| Lori | We constantly hear trust the science yet our own state isn’t. We as a country are NOT ready. You all know this yet continue at the expense of the tax payers. We are not stupid! | Johnston |
| FRANK MOODY | Cranston | Cranston |
| John Dring | The current policy is unsustainable and unaffordable for the citizens of RI. | Portsmouth |
| Shane O’Connell | These policies are not going to reduce the cost of energy anytime soon. In actuality they will increase cost for everyone. | Portsmouth |
| Charles Harrington | I am paying double on my bills and can’t afford this green energy scam!!! | Warwick |
| Dale Calcione | Something needs to be done with these energy costs. The bills have doubled and how do you expect families , retirees and elderly to afford these rates. | Smithfield |
| Kimberly Coulter | The cost of electricity has negatively impacted my finances, making it difficult to make ends meet. | Cumberland |
| Alan Marion | Cumberland | Cumberland |
| Bob Hopkins | Please follow through with the recommendations identified to help lower our energy bills and to remove the mandate for electric vehicles. I currently drive almost 500 miles to Western New York every three weeks to visit my mother in a nursing home. Electric vehicles cannot support that trip without charging, especially in the winter. | Bristol |
| Brian L. Wallace | We already pay higher prices than we need to. And I DO NOT believe in forcing anyone to buy something they don’t want and can’t afford because a handful of people believe the ‘climate change’ lie . | Smithfield |
| Mona Dionne | Mona Dionne | Warwick |
| Todd Kenyon | Insane energy bills are driven by insane green policies that serve no purpose other than to score political points when passed. Global warming is a grift that sucks money out of residents’ pockets and into those of folks who provide no net benefit. | Barrington |
| Susan marion | Because green energy is a total fail. | Cumberland |
| Meg Kenney | To make it more affordable | East Greenwich |
| Mark Rielly | I urge our leaders to take immediate action to protect All Rhode Islanders from unnecessary financial burdens and risks. This includes: Repealing the electric vehicle mandate so residents are not forced into purchasing more expensive or potentially less safe vehicles. Withdrawing from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which artificially raises electric bills for families and businesses. And Delaying Act On Climate mandates by at least 20 years to prevent massive price increases and give Ocean Stater residents time to adapt without economic hardship. These steps will help ensure energy affordability, consumer choice, and a balanced approach to environmental policy. | Wakefield |
| chris filburn | This ” green energy ” is an aunaffordable, unnecessary, cash grab thats bankrupting the people. Shame. | Warwick |
| Deborah Cowman | Bills for electricity are out of control. Someone needs to do something | Saunderstown |
| Rosanne Morales | We have one of the highest rates in the US. Something is definitely wrong. | Smithfield |
| Lisa Whitney | Electric bills are getting out of control! The initiatives are costing the average taxpayer more than helping. I believe in caring for our environment but price tag is on the low and middle income homes | Middletown |
| Susan Cardente | Barrington | Barrington |
| Green energy in unaffordable and does not make a difference in climate issues. | ||
| Florence Balderston | Electric bills are too high. I don’t want to subsidize wind energy which endangers wildlife and our beaches. | South Kingstown |
| Ann sheridan | The green energy efforts are counter intuitive. RI is do small that ifveveryone in the state consummed no energy it would have no impact. We need to support gas lines. Clean coal maje ir efficient for businesses not drive them out. My electric bill is horrendous and i am alone. Families are leaving between costs ti live here and the poor educational system there is little reason to stay here. We have a beautiful state. We need new direction | warwick |
| Gerard Paolino | I am a 92 year old disabled veteran and cannot sustain the costs of my electric bill. This is the highest it’s ever been. | Portsmouth |
| I appreciate you effort in reducing our energy bill. Thank you. | ||
| Mindy L Authelet | Mindy Authelet | Bristol |
| Bristol RI | ||
| The delivery fees are theft and the high rate is also theft. There is no other option for services. We have to choose to freeze or starve. It’s discussting this is allowed. | ||
| Deborah milton | It’s unaffordable compared to other states. I have a silver payment of 325 and an electric bill of 356 this month | Cranston |
| Shawn Nadeau | These prices are unbearable now NOBODY can afford to have them increase not even a penny! | Lincoln |
| Kathy A Chehy | Something must be done with these outrageous bills!!!!! | Warwick |
| Donald Larsen | Make sure we have enough reliable energy to back up wind and solar, try nuclear. Thanks! | Pawtucket |
| Eric Carter | Affordability….and common sense!! | Warwick |
| Sharlene Patton | State policymakers and the Senate’s “Act On Climate” Commission must pivot our energy strategy because the current approach risks higher costs, unreliable power, and overregulation. Energy policy should prioritize reliability, affordability, and energy independence, not rigid mandates. Families and small businesses can’t absorb rising utility bills or grid instability driven by unrealistic timelines. | Portsmouth |
| Kathleen Kits van Heyningen | Energy just keeps on getting more and more expensive due to poorly conceived policies in our state that serve politics over the people! The current policies are drowning the public in utility bills and it’s not necessary. We need sensible 24/7/365 energy supplies and we need to stop thinking that current renewable sources are the solution because they are not! | Newport |
| Rachel Clark | Rhode Islanders need help. | |
| Ann Sellers | Renewable energy as our main power source will not be sufficient. The cost of our energy will be too costly for both manufacturing and private sectors. We need a better plan. | Albion |
| Mary Ellen Lacroix | Stop green energy | East Greenwich |
| Kevin C. Mullins | Highest prices in the country | Smithfield |
| Jennifer Rice | B/c climate change is not a threat. The wholw thing is a hoax | Coventry |
| Michael Lombardi | We all want a cleaner and healthier planet, though fanatical climate extremism has gone too far – removing common sense and balanced approaches to sustainability. RI will not solve the global issues that ultimately stem from consumer behavior, and should not impart those costs and financial hardships on its residents. | Barrington |
| Robert Manzo | Energy is out of control, something needs to be done. People are not making the money to be able to pay their bills. Laws need to be changed. Congress is handcuffing the people. | Greenville |
| Sara Hisey | I read mail that came in yesterday. I couldn’t believe absurdity. You’re going to charge people to use a meter even if they opt out of changing it. This state is full of frauds and thieves. The average person, and even those above averages are struggling with today’s economy. To raise the surcharges and fees is outrageous and a crime and is not justified. My mother is sick and elder and can barely make ends meet on a fixed income and receiving assistance. My sister is a mother to 3 young boys, and cannot afford her electric bill, and is afraid that they will shut it off. You need to do right by your citizens, and not to sneak around to make more money, even for the 3rd parties that we’re paying into. Just like the mess with healthcare. We shouldn’t have choose between rent and food, over electric and healthcare. What a joke. Scam artists. This state is a sham, and you should be ashamed of yourself that you’re stealing from hard working citizens that are barely getting by…we are your neighbors. DO BETTER!! | Bristol |
| Leila Walsh | Warwick | Warwick |
| Angel Connell | Any energy policy being considered must factor in affordability as a primary metric to garner public support for said policy. | Providence |
| Karen Gleason | Rhode islanders will not survive with current climate goals set. Stop offshore wind and cutting down trees for solar farms. | Portsmouth |
| Jessica Gomes | RI is headed towards an inefficient and expensive energy system that will cause both physical and financial pain for its residents | Cranston |
| Jean Williams | The only people benefiting from “green” energy are the manufacturers (often Chinese), installers, etc. Costs are passed on to ratepayers, energy rates are exorbitant, and what about environmental damage from broken/aged-out solar panels and windmill blades, etc, not to mention cutting down forests or taking over farmland for solar sites? We’re getting ripped off, this is not sustainable or renewable as touted. | Wakefield |
| Meredith Mulligan | Electric is rate is top 5 in the country and at least twice the national average. | Narragansett |
| Stephanie McGehearty | The prices for energy are out of control, especially when we are one of the highest paying states in the nation. Climate change policies are not helping the average Rhode Island ER and that needs to change. | Smithfield |
| David and Kathy DePasquale | Hello. We are submitting the following proposals in consideration of the difficulties we already face as Rhode Islanders in the current economic climate. Please repeal the Electric Vehicle Mandate, please withdraw from RGGI and please place a long delay on all Act of Climate mandates for a minimum of 20 years. The cost of living is already high for Rhode Islanders. We all need affordable and abundant electricity for everyday living. The increased financial burdens the above climate plans would impose on us would worsen the already high cost of living in RI. Thank you for your consideration. | Smithfield |
| K Iacobbo | Common sense. Homeowners, particularly the eldest, and most residents of RI, and small businesses, need relief from the obscenely high energy costs that are totally avoidable and can cause people to lose their homes and businesses. So-called “green” energy is neither green nor effective. | Glocester |
| William Morgan | Look at results of those that have already taken the wrong path – Germany, etc… Look at states- highest utility costs where the current plans have been implemented. | 228 Provident Pl |
| Follow true objective science, history, facts, NOT MONEY AND POWER. | ||
| Drop the current energy policy that has already failed and won’t get better. | ||
| Sheila Clarkin | Because Rhode Island has been the least affordable in every facet of life, especially with energy, and we rank 50 of all the states. It’s time to get some common sense leadership. | North Smithfield |
| Giuseppe Mattiello | Please allow all energy sources including coal, natural gas, oil, and supplemental renewable sources. | Cranston |
| Frank A DeFruscio | Imagine, RI is going to fix the world and lead the way on climate with Democrat legislation they did not even study. | Cranston |
| Essentially, we need every day to be windy (but not too windy) and sunny, and build a combination of 12,000 wind turbines and 129 million solar panels, imagine what destruction that would cause, google the first wind farms in Palm Desert CA, mostly deserted now. | ||
| Thomas Sweeney | All of the green energy policies that have been passed by this administration are bankrupting Rhode Islanders. Let’s put RI families FIRST!! | Cranston |
| Jody hall | Anyone who questions details such as timeline is labeled anti green energy. Not true. I am opposed to a forced rollout with no transition plan. | Providence |
| Donna Belden | The energy bills should just be the amount of money to pay for the product itself (electricity). All other items added to the bill must be funded in a different manner. Also mandating the types of vehicle to be purchased by the government is absolutely not in line with Freedom. The free market will handle which vehicles are the best. We should also withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. We need cheap energy to stay competitive. That means we need gas, oil, refuse, nukes, hydro and pipelines flowing to our region. The RI Energy corp. should be able to buy the cheapest source of energy they can get their hands on and not be constrained by government mandates. Solar will be the in the future, but we need time to build an infrastructure like Elon Musk proposes (from profit) and not by the professors and students with no real world experience. | East Greenwich |
| Angela Cooke | I believe Rhode Island’s policymakers should pivot away from renewable energy initiatives because they only add higher costs to the taxpayer due to the following reasons: | Pawtucket |
| 1. Infrastructure Costs, 2.Upgrading the power grid and building new transmission lines to connect renewable sources is costly. 3. significant upfront infrastructure investments, 4. The need for grid upgrades to handle intermittency, and the costs of energy storage solutions all get passed down to the taxpayer. | ||
| Nicholas Daggett | Unrealistic and too expensive. | Coventry |
| Angela such | Several years ago we switched to electric mini splitters ( we have 8 of them) to be the sole heat source in our home. These were supposed to be efficient and economical heat source. Electric bills have increased dramatically since then. | Narragansett |
| Stacey Capizzano | Stop the unattainable, expensive green energy mandates from us, the smallest state in the US | PVD |
| Ricardo Belluso | We must stop this energy bill. Our bills will be higher and unaffordable. This is not good for Rhode Islanders . | Warwick |
| Raymond T McKay | We have seen, that without significant taxpayer support and underwriting of the Green Initiatives, that the renewalable energy is by no means cheap / inexpensive. The fact the the General Assembly (GA) put laws in place causing RI Energy to charge more, and then hear the GA slam RI Energy shows that the GA had no idea what they were doing when they voted to put the global warming narrative into law. | Warwick |
| Francis Devine | Francis T Devine | North Smithfield |
| 266 Providence Pike, North Smithfield, Rhode Island | ||
| Doug Henderson | Mandates need to be repealed that require to Ri Energy to purchase energy from “Green Energy” suppliers. This only increases electric bills for each Rhode Island resident. RI Energy should be able to purchase from any supplier they see fit that benefits rate payers in the state. This is on e of the many non-sensical green energy mandates from the State of Rhode Island legislature and Energy Commission | Westerly |
| Catherine Rodgers | It’s unaffordable, drives business out of RI, and does not provide reliable energy to our state. | East Greenwich |
| Jean P Lehane | The current energy policy relies heavily on Federal subsidies. Those will not be forthcoming in a Trump Administration, leaving RI citizens carrying the majority of the utility costs. We need to reconsider this and END this policy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!! | Portsmouth |
| Deborah J Lavender | Completely unaffordable! Lived in RI my whole life. Can no longer afford to stay here. I cannot afford a $500 a month electric bill. Will be moving to Florida in August…Can’t wait!! | North Providence |
| Niyoka Powell | It’s a no brainer. Stop using working families as pawns in corporate schemes. It’s theft. | Providence |
| Kathleen M Barek | RI has some of the highest energy bills. We have too many unnecessary regulations in this state | Portsmouth |
| Thomas Geiger | Warwick | Warwick |
| Edward J White | Clean, harnessed nuclear power is the only answer….Al Gore and Greta Thunberg’s 15 minutes are over. | Wakefield |
| Richard Sullivan | Get rid of the Big Green Scam!!! | Smithfield |
| Steve Maher | As a senior living on. Fixed income I am finding it unaffordable to live in RI. Electricity rates are part of the problem. If costs cannot be mitigated I will have to move to a more affordable state. | Little Compton |
| Joan Crowley | As a person on a fixed income, and a senior, my budget can not continue to absorb the constant increase in my energy costs. The only light on is the one in the room I’m in – the rest of the house is in darkness. My heat, which is gas, is on the lowest possible degree during the day, at night so my pipes don’t freeze, I turn it up so my pipes won’t freeze. I never thought I would come to this point in my life that I would have to live this way. I am only addressing energy issues, not food, medicine, insurance, taxes, charity, upkeep of home etc. This energy strategy can be reformed, and needs to be addressed immediately. Thank you! | Warwick |
| Allen Rosenberg | Stop the environmental dictatorship. Climate change lobby is fascistic psuedo-science. Carbon sequestration is an investment scam. | Warwick |
| Richard Lebeau | The dumocrats have sold their souls and the souls of the taxpayers to line their pockets.Their in bed literally with China and know nothing about the fossil fuels and clean nuclear energy!..Wind and solar are worthless!.a waste of taxpayers money! | Johnston |
| Paul Hamm | Common sense mostly | Warren |
| Paula Tavares | The way this state is run with the supposed “climate change” and green energy, they are bankrupting Rhode Island residents. The energy bills in this state are in the top 5 for highest amount for the USA. It is despicable on what the RI politicians are doing to this state. I’ve grown up in this state and it is appalling what they are doing to us. This is why people are fleeing this state. It’s political corruption! | Warwick |
| Lorraine Peloquin | It is very hard to afford the electric bill going up and also the rents going up a lot of us are living on the streets because of it | Warwick |
| Lee S Engle | Energy bills to high using green energy | East Greenwich |
| Timothy o murphy | Timothy murphy | Smithfield |
| Mark Stephen Zartarian | I agree with all aspects of this request. | WARWICK |
| Mike Louro | We need affordable energy regardless of how we get it. No point having it if we can’t afford it. | Cranston |
| Matthew Fearon | Please, for the love of God, WE CANT AFFORD THESE UNACHEIVABLE FANTASY GOALS THAT YOU HAVE ADOPTED, AND/OR CODED INTO LAW. Please postpone this insanity, and return to reliable low cost energy production that has proven safe, reliable, and less expensive that we have used for the past 75 years. | Cranston |
| Lucille St Pierre | Unaffordable and very unfriendly to attract new business | Johnston |
| Patricia Hunt | As a senior, it is difficult to live on Social Security and pay the high delivery fees! No matter how little electricity is used, the bill is still high. | Woonsocket |
| Lisa king | Middletown | Middletown |
| Kyle Marciano | The cost of energy, and threat to disconnect, is forcing families to decide between heating/lights vs having food on their table. Stop catering to the lobbyists and do what is right for your tax paying constituency. | Coventry |
| Keagan Pearson | The cost of our energy in RI is not sustainable for many, and much of this is due to the arbitrary pursuit of clean energy that is not producing measurable results in any meaningful way, except to drive up energy costs for us as residents. | Exeter |
| Kathy Catanzaro | Energy bills in RI are crushing us, and no one is doing anything to stop it. Our congressional delegation cares more about bashing the Trump administration than lowering costs for Rhode Islanders. They push wind when it is neither clean nor inexpensive. And it’s terrible for the environment. Please make policy changes that make sense. | Cranston |
| Joseph Nascenzi | I simply cannot afford these skyrocketing costs. | Cranston |
| Heidi Wright | Please stop ruining precious forests and farmlands for solar fields that are not high efficient in our area of the country | West Greenwich |
| Gretchen Pickart | I have solar panels connected to the grid and my electric bill is still incredibly high. The distribution charges alone account for half of the cost, which makes no sense as I generate electricity at my home for a good part of the year. How does that make sense? I can only imagine the cost for those that do not have solar panels. These proposed policies are untenable. | Cumberland |
| Gregory | Prices are way out of control. Its time to reel in expanses and make life affordable. Its sad when people have to choose what bill they can afford to pay this month. Do your job and make it happen please. | Tiverton |
| George Cooper | This is a nightmare, created by government subsidies. So called ‘green’ energy is twice as expensive. The grid is NOT ready for it. Rhode Island is not ready for it. It is wasteful, expensive, and will create literally the greatest environmental ‘clean-up’ disaster over the coming decades. | East Greenwich |
| In the meantime, we are being absolutely fleeced by RI Energy. Please STOP the madness. | ||
| Stop the rush to ‘green.’ It is insane, doesn’t work, and ultimately will kill the earth, not save it. | ||
| ‘Green’ energy should be secondary energy, not primary energy. Anyone who thinks differently is very likely somehow benefitting from whatever is called ‘green.’ And, so…please, for the love of Rhode Island, Rhode Islanders, and our precious environment, STOP the madness. | ||
| Gregory Fowler | Enough already. As an electrical engineer who has researched the output of new technologies like solar, the net zero theory will never work. | Cranston |
| Start listening to the people you supposedly represent and think for us and yourself. STOP following the Govenor who doesn’t have the technical knowledge to make intellgent decisions and listens only to those who are willing to make him feel important. | ||
| Kevin Dionne | Promise of green energy is a scam. Energy is more expensive because of it. | Warwick |
| Denise Javery | The delivery charges and green initiative fees are more than doubling our energy bills, among the highest in the country. You cheered when McKee and Healy stopped the gas pipeline. You are drowning ri with outrageous energy costs. The green deal is not helping. Wake up | Riverside |
| David W Spirito | The whole dam government is out of control (far left left )!!!!! Tired of R.I. being in the lower 50% in all categories, we need to win on something. | Warwick |
| Dale J DeJoy | You’re terrible energy policies have turned into ridiculously high energy cost. This must stop now. | South Kingstown |
| Christina Chase | Rhode Island residents can no longer afford the current policy. The current mandates that are in place do not align with the market and U.S. policy. I would like to see our elected representatives stand for the residents of this state and make bold decisions that will benefit the residents. | Rumford |
| Skip Castro | The current plan and timetable are unaffordable and unrealistic. | Bristol |
| Bob Thompson | Electricity and gas out of control price wise | Saunderstown |
| Rebecca Meigs | SO VERY IMPORTANT for our present and future generations! | Cranston |
| Renee Tibbetts | The energy cost on every day Americans is out of control. People cannot afford to live and buy food and pay for their mortgages and rents and pay outrageous, electric and gas bills. They’re already way too high. Please consider the everyday people and the people that are on fixed incomes that have no way of paying these astronomically high bills. | Lincoln |
| Margaret Petisce | Remove the restriction placed on our public utilities so the can purchase energy from the most cost effective sources | North providence |
| Karen Cervone Sauro | I am a retired teacher on a frozen pension for many years without my contractual 3% annual compounded COLA. | Cranston |
| The state pension fund was mismanage and raided corruptly. Then we pensioners were made to pay with our COLAs frozen until recently we were given a fraction of what we are entitled to. | ||
| So the insane rising prices of energy are an even worse hardship for my family. Knowing funds flow for radical liberal Democrat causes yet we had our pensions’ promised raises stolen doesn’t surprise me in RI. But it still enrages me that my planned financially secure retirement was not only obliterated, but it was a targeted robbery. Funds are always found to make the lives of those who Dems want to bestow freebies to at the expense of those who worked for decades, planned their retirement carefully financially with promised COLAs then had the rug pulled out from us when it was too late to decide we could NOT afford to retire and stay in our careers. Too late to get another job. So we are suffering the consequences of RI government malfeasance in all costs. But especially with the ridiculously high and rising costs of all aspects of energy here in RI. | ||
| Priorities need to include RI retirees who have been burdened with no way to cover the rising cost of living because our COLAs-the way to address rising costs-were inhumanely stolen. And now it’s an insult to be “given back” only a fraction of what we legally agreed to retire with. We did our part. We paid our share of our pensions. RI failed us badly. Disgracefully. | ||
| And we now need help paying for energy costs when we should have been secure financially. Politicians used OUR pension funds as their own cookie jar and also abused their power by neglecting to fund the state pension fund. A double whammy. Attention need to be focused on making our bills feasible to pay as costs of energy soar like never before. | ||
| Peter Chafee Card, Jr. | The limitations of green energy need to be more extensively examined and trading freedom for perceived safety has not historically worked well; therefore, there economics and the freedom to choose should take priority. | Middletown |
| Roberta Vacca | What you reap you sow. God does not sleep and we will all be judged. Stop the madness and theft. | Westerly |
| Tricia Carpentier | It needs to go back to the drawing board and have a more thoughtful transition plan that keeps cost low through the process. You cannot flip the switch. This is a ling term process. Short term needs to include investment to lower current cost. Nuclear needs to be considered as a viable option. | Cranston |
| Thomas Ward | Time to reset. Also, embrace the Constitution Natural gas pipeline through New York and to RI and NE to keep our state safe. Time to be proactive on lower energy costs. | Cumberland |
| Todd | It is all smoke and mirrors | Westerly |
| Robert O’Connor | My electric bill is out of control and difficult to pay. | Portsmouth |
| Donald Thorpe | Cranston | |
| Ward Hough | Little Compton | |
| Jon traversie | Warwick | |
| Linda J Kenyon | Wakefield | |
| C. Cerritelli | C. Cerritelli | Providence |
| Meg Kenney | To make it more affordable | East Greenwich |
| Jean Entezary | ||
| Casey O’Connell | Smithfield | Smithfield |
| Shane O’Connell | These policies are not going to reduce the cost of energy anytime soon. In actuality they will increase cost for everyone. | Portsmouth |
| Zachary Lowe | Reforms are necessary for too many reasons. The upcoming of solar panels that are harmful for the environment and only profiting the owners of the one’s placing them. We live in state that see’s minimal sunlight many months of the year. The push for the electric vehicle is no better or fair. Pushing costs up for electricity in many ways, all which are unnecessary and un beneficial for non electric car users. Coming from someone with automotive degree, also be hurting local small businesses BIG TIME. Withdrawal from the Greenhouse Gas initiative, delay the Act on Climate mandate and make this state affordable again, so small businesses and families can make an actual living in this state again! | Hope Valley |
| Elizabeth Santucci | Greenville | |
| Alan Salk | Cranston | |
| Jason O’Connell | People that are on fixed incomes will soon be forced out of their homes because they can’t keep up with the increased cost of their utilities. My gas bill for last month was $457.00 and my electric bill was $250 and it’s my wife and I living their.Let’s open up gas lines through New York to help this region flourish. Living in RI my whole life it’s time that our government representatives start making living here more affordable. The first step is by passing legislation so Rhode Islanders can save our hard earned money on utilities.Secondly, stop spending and BALANCE THE BUDGET like responsible adults do. How has the states budget grown by 10x in twenty years? We’ve had the same amount of people living in RI for decades. Cost of living expenses doesn’t explain it. |
Smithfield |
| Greg Cirillo | Warren | |
| Cory Almeida | This reform is necessary because these prices which will continue to increase, are not sustainable long term for the constituents of this state. Businesses and people will continue to leave the state if change doesn’t happen asap. I for one am looking at all options. The possibility of moving is on the table because I don’t think I can afford to live here any longer knowing these rates could double in next few years. This along with consistent spending creates more tax increases and puts a massive burden on the constituents of this state. If you want to be the best you have to attract the best and right now we are not attracting anyone with the overall current state of affairs here in Rhode Island. You’re actually pushing any talent worthwhile out of here. |
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| Michael P. Armenia | Solar, wind and batteries increase CO2 emissions and do not replace fossil fuels or nuclear power. Adding these unreliable “renewables” will increase emissions over their life cycle and not replace fossil and nuclear needed for reliable baseload and backup of intermittents. Solar, Wind and Batteries along with electrification of home heating and transportation will double or triple citizens’ energy bills as is happening now. Natural gas now and switch to nuclear eventually is the only practical way to satisfy RI and national energy needs in an affordable way. Michael Armenia,Nuclear Engineer,Energy Engineer Founder: The Energy Council of Rhode Island |
Newport |
| Jean Fitzpatrick | South Kingstown | |
| Stephen Grande | Cranston | |
| Deborah S Baldwin | Please change and repeal these acts on climate mandates. Do what the majority of the people of RI want. We pay too much in taxes as it is.We can’t afford these high utility bills . We need affordable energy policies | Coventry |
| Patrick Masson | Wakefield | |
| Judy Ventura | All the fees on our utilitie bills for green energy are killing us. Green energy is an ideal not an affordable reality. | Rumford |
| Steven Abbatomarco | Cranston | |
| David Amerial | Rumford | |
| Peter GERVASIO | North Scituate | North Scituate |
| Darius Thurman | You can lower pollution without burdening everyday people. Give Nuclear Energy a chance. | Newark |
| Briana Kidd | Charlestown | Charlestown |
| Kevin Gillooley | Pascoag | |
| Robert Kenyon | South Kingstown | |
| Jim Swanberg | The average Rhode Islander is having a hard enough time in affording energy costs and the pending mandates will only make energy costs much greater. | Narragansett |
| Isabel Engle | East Greenwich | |
| Mark Huling | because energy is to high also when it cost is twice as high to deliver it then for consumption is ridiculous and we should not have to be force to buy reusable energy if we do not want to if we want combustible engines it should be are choice not be dictated two but we should have nuclear energy one more thing the windmill suck! they do not produce enough energy to be cost effective thank you | cranston |
| Lori Van Amberg | Warren | Warren |
| Barbara | Cost of living is off the charts | Cranston |
| John Campbell | The green initiative plan on plan is not obtainable with current and near future technology. It is only driving up costs and will not work. While I am for environmental protection, the “sky is falling” environmental predictions are not and will not become reality. My gas and electric bills have doubled in the last couple years and the current plan is going to make them increase even more. Stop the madness and develop a plan that can be a reality to both supply the ever increasing energy needs act an affordable price and protect the environment. | Cumberland |
| Richard Olechna | My home is all electric last month my bill was over 600 dollars this mouth I’m expecting over 1000.00 my home is about 1000 sq ft. My wife an I are frugal regarding this and at our age both over 70 it’s no way to live. I have heard the climate BS for 50yrs Florida underwater Manhatten under water. When we had the blizard in 78 we were all going to freeze please The climate changes every 50 yrs or so live long enough you can see how it works. Please take care of the people of Rhode Island and not the climate hustler’s thank you. | Providence |
| Gary Lanctot | Woonsocket | Woonsocket |
| Kathleen Kits van Heyningen | Energy just keeps on getting more and more expensive due to poorly conceived policies in our state that serve politics over the people! The current policies are drowning the public in utility bills and it’s not necessary. We need sensible 24/7/365 energy supplies and we need to stop thinking that current renewable sources are the solution because they are not! | Newport |
| Michael Carroll | we have been told renewable energy will be cheaper. this is not true in fact it will be more expensive. how about you politicians do something for your constituents for a change. |
South Kingstown |
| Vincent LoBuono | Cranston RI | |
| Lady ann belmont | Cranston | |
| John Tucci | The cost of my utility bills are outrageous. | Warwick |
| Richard H. Boucher | Lincoln | |
| Marguerite Roche | A lot Of people can not afford these high electricity bills. |
Foster |
| Rachel Clark | Rhode Islanders need help. | |
| Andrea Wilson | Narragansett | |
| Norma Gama | Warwick | Warwick |
| Terri-Lyn Lanctot | Woonsocket residents along with all RI residents should not have to pay outrageous energy bills to fund initiatives that they DO NOT WANT. These are the wants of elected officials who are OUT FOR THEMSELVES ONLY AND COULD CARE LESS ABOUT WHAT HARD WORKING Rhode Islanders truly want. I DI NOT WANT TO BE TOLD what I HAVE TO BUY OR DRIVE. | Woonsocket |
| Joseph Mansolillo | Johnston | |
| Ann Sellers | Renewable energy as our main power source will not be sufficient. The cost of our energy will be too costly for both manufacturing and private sectors. We need a better plan. | Albion |
| Michael Olson | Cranston | |
| Michelle Izzo | Cranston | |
| Gregory forte | Energy bills are through the roof people can’t afford these bills including myself We need to go in a different direction and stop the green scam in this state | Scituate |
| Louis | Lower energy cost | Cranston |
| Brian P Kenney | Rhode Islanders can not afford the price of these green energy mandates. We need relief from the high cost of energy in this state. | Newport |
| Bob Hopkins | Please follow through with the recommendations identified to help lower our energy bills and to remove the mandate for electric vehicles. I currently drive almost 500 miles to Western New York every three weeks to visit my mother in a nursing home. Electric vehicles cannot support that trip without charging, especially in the winter. | Bristol |
| Mark Rielly | I urge our leaders to take immediate action to protect All Rhode Islanders from unnecessary financial burdens and risks. This includes: Repealing the electric vehicle mandate so residents are not forced into purchasing more expensive or potentially less safe vehicles. Withdrawing from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which artificially raises electric bills for families and businesses. And Delaying Act On Climate mandates by at least 20 years to prevent massive price increases and give Ocean Stater residents time to adapt without economic hardship. These steps will help ensure energy affordability, consumer choice, and a balanced approach to environmental policy. | Wakefield |
| Rachel M Moquin | Too many people, young and old cannot afford these energy bills, there needs to be a solution to this huge problem. | Cranston |
| Max Greil | I’m poor I can’t afford this shit. | West Warwick |
| Vanessa Lopez | Pawtucket | |
| James E Hines | Technology is not yet at the point where we can just move towards all solar and wind, it is not dependable and the cost is significantly higher. We should move at a pace that makes common sense and to keep costs down |
NORTH KINGSTOWN |
| Charles Hayes | Remember we elected you to stand up for citizens of Rhode Island. Not special interests groups. Bottom line Rhode Island residents can’t afford the current electricity bill not even factoring in upcoming changes what will significantly increase electricity bills. Please use the most basic form of common sense. Thank you. | East Greenwich |
| Laurie Anne Lavallee | Rhode Islander’s should not be mandated to purchase electric vehicles. We are a country built on choice, not mandates. As an aging Rhode Islander, I should not be looking at my savings that I have built up for all of my working days and think that it will be spent on energy, initiatives, and mandates. Retirement should be a time of my life where I should enjoy the free time I have left, not worrying about how to pay my electric bill or how am I going to afford my next mode of transportation. | Warwick |
| RITA DELDEO | When energy becomes unaffordable, people are forced to choose between heat or food, medicine or electricity.That isn’t a functioning society, it’s a failure of stewardship. I trust that you all can improve this situation. Thank you. | PROVIDENCE |
| Julio George Gomes | Coventry | |
| Edward Hanrahan | The current energy policies voted in to law by the RI legislative branch and signed by the governor are unattainable. Relying on green energy mandates to provide the energy that will be required in the future will not meet those needs, and will continue to drive the cost of energy up to the point that it will be unaffordable | Barrington |
| James k.lowell | East province | |
| Jill M Carmo | Warren | |
| Gerald | Our energy bills have skyrocketed due to green energy costs and fees added to our bills. Please stop this “green energy scam” . I am a senior citizen and can’t afford it! | Smithfield |
| Helene | The cost of energy is hurting people in RI, we need to get this under control. | Providence |
| Edward Onorato | Ashaway | |
| Lucille St Pierre | Unaffordable and very unfriendly to attract new business | Johnston |
| Ralph Ruggieri | Cranston | |
| Cynthia Bryant Bates | West Warwick | |
| Kathy A Chehy | Something must be done with these outrageous bills!!!!! | Warwick |
| Michael Walker | Warwick | |
| Maria P. Esposito | The green energy regulations are costing Americans more money. It’s a SCAM. Natural gas, nuclear energy are clean sources and more affordable . Americans cannot afford the rising costs of their energy bills. They will lose their homes, apartments, ultimately their lives. Electric vehicles are dangerous and not practical.They can catch fire and fire personnel are unable to stop it; they have to let the fire burn out. Stop this evil religion of green energy mandates and please pass this bill. It’s for the good of humanity. Thank you . |
Cranston |
| Linda Parrillo | Cumberland | Cumberland |
| John Davia | Cranston | |
| Michael Flint | RI energy and “green” initiative policies continue to drive up energy prices for both residential and commercial customers putting undue financial hardships on all. | |
| Lori | We constantly hear trust the science yet our own state isn’t. We as a country are NOT ready. You all know this yet continue at the expense of the tax payers. We are not stupid! | Johnston |
| Ann Duran | I’m 68 years old and have to keep my house at 62-65 degrees – never higher. It’s uncomfortable, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to afford the bills. | Cranston |
| Joseph Nascenzi | I simply cannot afford these skyrocketing costs. | Cranston |
| Roland A Aubin | The “clean energy” mandates are financially crippling Rhode Island residents. Net zero is an unrealistic goal until we bring dramatically more nuclear energy into the supply chain. | Cranston |
| Susan Cardente | Barrington Green energy in unaffordable and does not make a difference in climate issues. |
Barrington |
| Priscilla Petrarca | South Kingstown | |
| George Goodspeed | We are paying too much for “green” energy and to subsidize assorted causes. Reasonable energy costs are essential to housing affordability – both old and new housing stock. Thank you for repealing the AOC. | Pawtucket |
| Cheryl Dodd | Portsmouth | Portsmouth |
| Jane E Robin | It is becoming increasingly difficult to be a resident of Warwick RI with all the tax increases; we are not all independently wealthy and are just trying to be comfortable in our homes. Please consider repealing this mandate | Warwick |
| Gerry Maguire | Cranston | |
| Joan F. Marek | I am a retired, senior citizen living in my own home, still. No longer affordable for middle class tax payers. Younger working families as well.R.I. is a welfare state. Not sustainable. Dem. policies fail. | HarrisvilleI |
| David Melillo | We can’t afford it anymore | West Warwick |
| Francine Jackson | At my age – 76 – I want to make sure I can continue to afford to live in my home. | Lincoln |
| Georgia Allen | East Providence | |
| Casey Hietala | The smallest state in the union has the least amount of land mass and cries about housing availability. Despite this, everywhere I turn, another lot of land is torn of its natural foliage to erect acres of solar farms funded by an involuntary tax on everyone that didn’t ask for it. Meanwhile our energy costs are only increasing.
So as Rhode Islanders, we get less land, less natural scenery, and less money in our pockets. For what? |
Westerly |
| Karen OConnor | We need to reign in the additional charges for the green energy programs and others. It is unsustainable. Moreover, nuclear and natural gas power are fairly environmentally friendly and a fraction of the cost of wind and solar. | North Kingstown |
| David Zygiel | Cost are out of control and unsustainable. | Portsmouth |
| Florence Balderston | Electric bills are too high. I don’t want to subsidize wind energy which endangers wildlife and our beaches. | South Kingstown |
| Kristen Trahan | Prices are to high with no end in site | Warwick |
| James Burks | Cranston | |
| keith W Hendrix | Bristol | |
| Peter Johnston | Warwick | |
| Arnold S Buxton | The Green energy plan is to aggressive and will make energy unaffordable. | Burrillville |
| Susan mooradian | Johnston | |
| Tara Barlow | Tiverton | |
| Shelly Croft | The green initiative is not sustainable nor attainable and you are making every Rhode Islander suffer! | Tiverton |
| Mitch Cohen | cranston | |
| Rosalind Gustafson | North Kingstown | |
| chris filburn | This ” green energy ” is an aunaffordable, unnecessary, cash grab thats bankrupting the people. Shame. | Warwick |
| Susan Ann Fabrizio | Warwick | |
| John Moran | Tiverton | |
| RUTH A RADOCK | Cranston | |
| karen kenyon | west kingston | |
| Deborah Mollohan | Scituate | |
| John Pingeton | Westerly | |
| Deborah Cowman | Bills for electricity are out of control. Someone needs to do something | Saunderstown |
| JOHN R DAHL | Charlestown | |
| Maryanne Perry | Rhode Island’s current energy approach isn’t working for regular people. Costs keep rising, infrastructure feels outdated, and we’re too dependent on outside sources. Energy reform is necessary to lower bills, improve reliability, and make smarter long-term choices for our state and future generations. | Bristol |
| Cindy Lee | Warwick | |
| Kevin Dionne | Promise of green energy is a scam. Energy is more expensive because of it. | Warwick |
| Jean M Battista | senators do your job and protect the citizens of Rhode Island from these high energy costs | Johnston |
| John Gifford | My January energy bills are doubled. We need to eliminate green energy surcharges immediately as a start to our energy reforms. | Bristol |
| Mark MacDonald | North Kingstown | North Kingstown |
| Alice Gorman | Specifically, I support the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity’s call for this Senate Commission to recommend:
Repeal of RI’s Electric Vehicle mandate – motorists should not be forced to buy more expensive and dangerous vehicles |
Providence |
| Diana Erickson | Scituate | |
| Robert Fontaine | Warwick | |
| Richard W. Golish | Cranston | |
| Christopher Nobrega | Tiverton | Tiverton |
| James Chionchio | Cranston | |
| Drew d | North Smithfiield | North Smithfiield |
| Mr.Daniel Riendeau | Cumberland | |
| kevin hagan | narragansett | |
| Mary Ellen Lacroix | Stop green energy | East Greenwich |
| Christopher A Meleo | Johnston | |
| Christine turillo | Jamestown | |
| Mary Lou Kuras | We are dying out here, can’t survive in RI much longer. | PAWTUCKET |
| Charles Harrington | I am paying double on my bills and can’t afford this green energy scam!!! | Warwick |
| Gail Moodie | Barrington | |
| Scott Komiega | Repeal these policies, they are making RI less affordable, you are forcing people to leave the state! | Riverside |
| Mike Smith | Cranston | |
| Kimberly MCCULLOUGH | People are having to make hard choices when they can’t afford basic household costs. | Coventry |
| Donna Rogers | RI is in a recession. Billions of $$ in investment coming in because of Trump’s work. None coming here because of business and energy policies. Do the right thing and represent your constituents who do not and cannot afford your energy policies. | Crsnston |
| sheila shanley | “Act for the people” ……. WITHDRAW from the RGGI . My electric bill makes NO sense. |
riverside |
| Lisa O’Kane | Johnston | |
| Jay Saccoccia | Exeter | |
| Eugene Lombardi | when the deliver charges are more than the actual energy costs it’s time to make a change. go nuclear! | Barrington |
| Barbara Alderman | Unaffordable, utilities are nessacery for survival of life. | East Providence |
| Ann sheridan | The green energy efforts are counter intuitive. RI is do small that ifveveryone in the state consummed no energy it would have no impact. We need to support gas lines. Clean coal maje ir efficient for businesses not drive them out. My electric bill is horrendous and i am alone. Families are leaving between costs ti live here and the poor educational system there is little reason to stay here. We have a beautiful state. We need new direction | warwick |
| Donald Larsen | Make sure we have enough reliable energy to back up wind and solar, try nuclear. Thanks! | Pawtucket |
| Debra k. Mcdonald-royal | I am a senior citizen. Please consider engery reform. We cannot continue to afford to live here. | Warwick |
| Christine Dolan | The energy mandate passed and approved four years ago is NOT SUSTAINABLE for our state. | Smithfield |
| Giovanni D. Cicione | RI Energy Policy. Tell me you hate regular people without saying you hate regular people. | Barrington |
| stephen skoly | east greenwich | |
| Robert Alan Black | Bristol | |
| Deborah J Lavender | Completely unaffordable! Lived in RI my whole life. Can no longer afford to stay here. I cannot afford a $500 a month electric bill. Will be moving to Florida in August…Can’t wait!! | North Providence |
| Barbara Vesey | Narragansett |
| William Bertherman | Narragansett | |
| Edward Molloy | Net Zero legislation should be repealed | Wakefield |
| Arthur A Rice | Rhode Island has the fourth highest prices in the USA | Cranston |
| Harry Warner | Westerly | |
| Kevin Marnane | For the sake of the residents of for their wallets and health please repeal all net zero policies | Johnston |
| Pamela Flint | Middletown | |
| Rosemarie Tibbetts | Coventry | |
| Brian C Murtha | Prices are way too high! “Green” energy is too expensive and everyone needs their bills to be as low as they can. | Pawtucket |
| Phyllis Stenhouse | I have electric heat and the costs have become too high to keep my home above 65 degrees. I am 89. | Cranston |
| Thomas Lonardo | It is unsustainable for citizens of RI to be forced to bear the ever increasing escalating energy costs because of draconian energy policy decisions of the government that provides no relief to those who pay the energy cost and taxes. The cost of living for tax paying citizens will continue to drive income earning taxpayers out. Energy is the primary driver of this. | Cranston |
| Melissa Smith-McGinity | Energy prices have more than doubled and are unaffordable for most outsoles in this state. Stop with your green energy lunacy and get prices back to what they used to be. | Smithfield |
| Gary King | Smithfield | Smithfield |
| Norman J Martineau | Energy is too high due to paying for these ridiculous climate initiatives. We need Nuclear Power. | Smithfield |
| LisaMarie Leavitt | North Kingstown community cannot afford the skyrocketing energy costs and soon I imagine this could lead to the destruction of property and loss of life. It can be foreseen in the future why wait? Let’s take action now to prevent it now. | North Kingstown |
| Cynthia Burke | You people need to step up and do the right thing. The household bills from RI Energy should be a criminal offense. When RI seniors cry, and say they have to make a choice, buy food or pay thier Electric bill, we have a serious problem in RI folks !!!!!!!!!! Wake up | Portsmouth |
| K Iacobbo | Common sense. Homeowners, particularly the eldest, and most residents of RI, and small businesses, need relief from the obscenely high energy costs that are totally avoidable and can cause people to lose their homes and businesses. So-called “green” energy is neither green nor effective. | Glocester |
| Mary Cesaro | My energy bills are outragious! | Smithfield |
| John Del Padre | Smithfield |
| Michael Iacobbo | glocester | |
| Richard E Vieira | Coventry | |
| Raymond T McKay | We have seen, that without significant taxpayer support and underwriting of the Green Initiatives, that the renewalable energy is by no means cheap / inexpensive. The fact the the General Assembly (GA) put laws in place causing RI Energy to charge more, and then hear the GA slam RI Energy shows that the GA had no idea what they were doing when they voted to put the global warming narrative into law. | Warwick |
| Christopher Bilotti | Smithfield | |
| Timothy o murphy | Timothy murphy | Smithfield |
| Frank Luca | Where does Rhode Island always have to Highest of everything, gas, tax, sales, tax, corporate tax, utilities why because it’s run by Democrats | Smithfield |
| Robert Guertin | One of the most expensive kw-hr rates in the nation, at least don’t continue to make it worse | Smithfield |
| Barbara Lardner | Riverside | |
| Aleksandra Mowinski | Smithfield | |
| Armand R LaBrie | Greenville | |
| Jessica Bissonnette | Smithfield | |
| Dale Calcione | Something needs to be done with these energy costs. The bills have doubled and how do you expect families , retirees and elderly to afford these rates. | Smithfield |
| Brian L. Wallace | We already pay higher prices than we need to. And I DO NOT believe in forcing anyone to buy something they don’t want and can’t afford because a handful of people believe the ‘climate change’ lie . | Smithfield |
| Rosanne Morales | We have one of the highest rates in the US. Something is definitely wrong. | Smithfield |
| Elizabeth Bryant | Smithfield | |
| Kevin C. Mullins | Highest prices in the country | Smithfield |
| Geeta Chougule | East Greenwich | |
| Dan Marion | “Green” energy is a massive failure | Cumberland |
| Martha Perkins | North Scituate | |
| Michael Lombardi | We all want a cleaner and healthier planet, though fanatical climate extremism has gone too far – removing common sense and balanced approaches to sustainability. RI will not solve the global issues that ultimately stem from consumer behavior, and should not impart those costs and financial hardships on its residents. | Barrington |
| David and Kathy DePasquale | Hello. We are submitting the following proposals in consideration of the difficulties we already face as Rhode Islanders in the current economic climate. Please repeal the Electric Vehicle Mandate, please withdraw from RGGI and please place a long delay on all Act of Climate mandates for a minimum of 20 years. The cost of living is already high for Rhode Islanders. We all need affordable and abundant electricity for everyday living. The increased financial burdens the above climate plans would impose on us would worsen the already high cost of living in RI. Thank you for your consideration. | Smithfield |
| Karen Gleason | Rhode islanders will not survive with current climate goals set. Stop offshore wind and cutting down trees for solar farms. | Portsmouth |
| Ricardo Belluso | We must stop this energy bill. Our bills will be higher and unaffordable. This is not good for Rhode Islanders . | Warwick |
| Magan Brillon | Coventry | |
| Stacey Capizzano | Stop the unattainable, expensive green energy mandates from us, the smallest state in the US | PVD |
| Joseph Toppi | Smithfield | |
| Angel Connell | Any energy policy being considered must factor in affordability as a primary metric to garner public support for said policy. | Providence |
| Robert Manzo | Energy is out of control, something needs to be done. People are not making the money to be able to pay their bills. Laws need to be changed. Congress is handcuffing the people. | Greenville |
| ROSS MAHER | Though well intended the Act on Climate is in my opinion a failure. I currently have 32 solar panels on my residence and believe in solid environmental stewardship. Further as you consider how to navigate energy policy I would ask that you consider the environmental destruction that green energy sources cause. Consider the diesel fuel consumed to extract the minerals necessary for solar panels. They have a limited life span, production efficiency drops off, and when replacing them for any number of reasons they are considered hazardous waste. Regarding wind turbines, they are not much better. In Wyoming, one of our consist windiest States, has a serious issue with turbine blades that required replacement. As far as I know they cannot be repaired/ reused, are then sent off to what I would call a turbine boneyard. Similar to what happens with old airplanes. Why do we not do more with the Blackstone river? Why participate in multi state energy programs that negatively impact our energy costs. And why not allow RI Energy to acquire the least expensive electricity, regardless of the fuel source. Just things to consider as we steer our future energy needs. Respectfully, Ross Maher- North Providence. | North Providence |
| Grace Toppi | This petition speaks for itself. Rhode Islanders CANNOT AFFORD the mandates that are in place. We demand affordable and practical energy sources. | Smithfield |
| Stephen Skoly | East Greenwich | |
| Thomas Sweeney | All of the green energy policies that have been passed by this administration are bankrupting Rhode Islanders. Let’s put RI families FIRST!! | Cranston |
| Elaine Pelino | Smithfield | |
| Patricia Morgan | Repeal the Act on Climate. It is destructive to impose this expensive, job killing, budget burden on Rhode Island families. | West Warwick |
| Sara Hisey | I read mail that came in yesterday. I couldn’t believe absurdity. You’re going to charge people to use a meter even if they opt out of changing it. This state is full of frauds and thieves. The average person, and even those above averages are struggling with today’s economy. To raise the surcharges and fees is outrageous and a crime and is not justified. My mother is sick and elder and can barely make ends meet on a fixed income and receiving assistance. My sister is a mother to 3 young boys, and cannot afford her electric bill, and is afraid that they will shut it off. You need to do right by your citizens, and not to sneak around to make more money, even for the 3rd parties that we’re paying into. Just like the mess with healthcare. We shouldn’t have choose between rent and food, over electric and healthcare. What a joke. Scam artists. This state is a sham, and you should be ashamed of yourself that you’re stealing from hard working citizens that are barely getting by…we are your neighbors. DO BETTER!! | Bristol |
| Monique Chartier | Respectfully, no analysis has been done as to either the cost or the feasibility of transitioning Rhode Island from a constant to an intermittent energy source, nor has it been done about electrification of all vehicles and heating in the state, as the 2021 Act on Climate mandates. Further, it is clear that intermittent sources are not yet ready for prime time.
Accordingly, Act on Climate must be rescinded until these vital matters have been fully answered and it is clear that Rhode Islander’s utility bills will not increase nor will the stability of the electric grid be jeopardized. |
South Kingstown |
| Sara Vieira | Our family’s electric bill has doubled in cost. The oppressive burden of ‘Act on Climate’ lies on the citizens of RI impacting a prosperous future. As an example, my nephews, in their 20’s and early 30’s, have chosen to live out of state because of the high cost of living (contributing to energy bills). | Coventry |
| Stephanie Vieira-Rich | West Warwick | |
| Sheila Clarkin | Because Rhode Island has been the least affordable in every facet of life, especially with energy, and we rank 50 of all the states. It’s time to get some common sense leadership. | North Smithfield |
| Clay Johnson | Carolina | |
| Mike Stenhouse | Lawmakers have been misled by RI DEM – RI’s Act On Climate targets are completely arbitrary and will have ZERO impact on global temperatures. Most importantly, it is not possible to produce enough energy to meet our state’s future energy demands under any ‘net zero’ or highly-reduced carbon emissions scenario. | Cranston |
| Lawrence Gillheeney | Please help us – we cannot afford this! | Cranston |
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