Energy Petition Commentary from the Public
As of the most recent update to this post, over 1050 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
| Theresa Cote | Tiverton | |
| Russell Raskin | The forced subsidy of wind farms is causing great increases in electricity rates. The move to wind and solar should be done in a measured way, otherwise it causes real economic hardship. | Providence |
| Glenn Bergenstock | Climate change has existed for centuries upon centuries. 20,000 years ago Rhode Island was covered by a half mile of ice!! Where did it go??? The climate changed you fools. Learn science! Read a book! Stop the money scams related to the fake climate BS!!! | North Kingstown |
| William Cumbee | Wakefield | |
| Barbara Notterman | Renewables are NOT working for Rhode Islanders. We don’t have the SUN needed. We need our lights on more than other places and as struggling seniors this places a horrible burden on us. We are not causing GLOBAL Warming since that really is not happening anyway. Wait and see. We did not have winter go away (ie. NO MORE SNOW), and we did not see the oceans rise and flood us! All hype and not happening. Wait 20 years and then see what is needed. Certainly that is better than having us have to huddle in the dark. They want us all to have electric heat — BUT the grid and renewables CANNOT support that. Electric busses and cars are obviously not the answer either. | Providence |
| Gregory Lukasiewicz | Chepachet | |
| William Boynton | South Kingstown | |
| Dana Gelb | Why do Democrats want to destroy our country !! | Middletown |
| Raymond J. McConaghy, Jr. | Pawtucket | |
| Marcel F Beausoleil | Energy rates are too expensive, there should be less emphasis on expensive green energy | Cumberland |
| Gerry Maguire | Cranston | |
| Lou Mazzucchelli | Providence | Providence |
| Christine P Dolan | The energy mandate passed and approved four years ago is NOT SUSTAINABLE for our state. | Smithfield |
| RICHARD TELLIER | electricity is outrageous! retirees are really affected. people are moving out of this corrupt state. | WARWICK |
| Daniel DiBiasio | The rise in energy costs caused by the move to unreliable solar and wind generation most hurts the people who can least afford it. The elderly and others on fixed incomes will be severely harmed by these policies. | Exeter |
| Robert Berrillo | The cost of energy in R.I. is staggering! But then WHY here!! We are among those leading the way in unjust and unruly costs to our heat and electricity! It is rendering life for seniors and young people just starting out on life nearly impossible to make ends meet! Hopefully, those who purport to defend us will do their duty!!! | Providence |
| Doug McCusker | Warwick | |
| Thomas Duarte | NO to ‘Act on Climate’. Current policy and direction of legislation does not benefit Rhode Island or its citizens. | East Providence |
| Linda A Sylvia | Energy reforms are necessary since we can’t afford to keep paying these outrageous prices for things we don’t want and don’t need. | Bristol |
| Jay Nelson | Gas and electric are ridiculously high. I paid $1800 in February, 2x more than ever before. It is BS and criminal what we are beoing charged | CRANSTON |
| GAIL Archetto | Coventry | |
| Patrick J Cavanaugh | Work with NY to allow a NATGAS pipeline from Penn pass through their state and into New England!!!! We need more NATGAS capacity year-round. NOT WINDMILLS!!! | Saunderstown |
| Nicole Kelly | Enough with the absurd “climate change” initiatives and do something that will ACTUALLY benefit the long-suffering citizens of this state. The hideous windmills and solar panel farms that do little but line the pockets of corrupt countries and politicians. | 131 Rathbun Street |
| Donna Cameron Gricus | Time for politicians to get the New England Regional electric Power Grid lowered to its lowest level again. It was raised to a high level at instigation of investors in the Block Island Wind Farm to increase money made from higher grid power. It’s raised utility bills and causes noise 24 hours a day. An electrician Raymond said exploding equipment is causing house & building fires. Lower the Power Grid! This is not helping the environment! | Jamestown |
| Nick Mattiello | Energy bill is just out of control to many transmission’s fee so many that there is even a line for other fee’s | Johnston |
| Thomas Bennett | Here’s a tighter, sharper version that still lands: | Providence |
| Robert Cioffi | Cranston | |
| Mark Leathem | ⸻ | Warwick |
| John Lancellotta | West Warwick | |
| dan kesler | Rhode Island needs energy reform—but not policies that sound good and drive up costs. | Smithfield |
| Dale Nickerson | Foster | |
| Diane Taft | We already have some of the highest energy rates in the country. Pushing aggressive “net zero” timelines without the infrastructure to support it just shifts the burden onto homeowners and small businesses. | Warwick |
| ALAN GRIFFIN | HOPE VALLEY | |
| William Morgan | The problem isn’t clean energy—it’s unrealistic execution. | 228 Provident Pl |
| Larry girouard | Newport | |
| Andrew Vose | If the grid isn’t ready, storage isn’t there, and ratepayers are footing the bill, that’s not progress—it’s poor planning. | Cranston |
| Timmie McElwain | Cranston | East Providence |
| Edward B. Carter | North Kingstown | |
| WILLIAM EARL GRANT | WARWICK | |
| joseph furtado | It is simply not affordable. The introduction of new energy technology should be market and consumer driven not policy driven. Free market competition will reach an affordable conclusion for the people. The people will adopt new technologies when the savings are realized in their own budgets. | woonsocket |
| Bruce Gavin | For once do something to help the residents of RI as a retired person the high cost are difficult to afford | Little Compton |
| Chris Hurd | The State should be looking into options including nuclear power and pushing forward with LNG pipeline | Warwick |
| Angela T | Electric rates are out of control. The PUC so called commissioners are basically a rubber stamp when it comes down to approving rate increases. | Warwick |
| Alfred Martin | As an engineer I know that alternative energy (wind and solar) installations are not cost effective nor beneficial to climate change; with Toxic Metals Disposal and Hazardous Waste Cleanup required after relatively short life cycles. And the aggregate carbon footprint of materials fabrication, transport, installation, maintenance, and replacement is not beneficial to climate change. | Newport |
| STEPHEN R DAHL | Kingston | |
| william isabella | Cranston | Charlestown |
| Richard J Beretta | Lincoln | |
| Dorothea Carter | Wind and solar continue to add hidden charges to our electric bills! | Warwick |
| Mark Lyles | Exeter | |
| Jeffrey Coons | this is a unlawful monopoly | South KINGSTOWN |
| Roland Lavallee | We need a strong base load of natural gas driven electric generated power to secure a reliable and affordable power source for New England. We need new pipelines installed to deliver abundant natural gas to our region. I have worked in the renewable energy field for over 50 years and can clearly see that RI is on a cataclysmic course with its energy policy that will guarantee high prices for our citizens and unreliable power in our future. | Chepachet |
| Alphonse Testa | Please address our electric rates and natural gas rates which are among the highest in the country | North Providence |
| Paul C Dulchinos | Warwick | Barrington |
| Scott Fuller | Newport | Barrington |
| David Bibee | Our energy policy is deceptively portrayed as liberal climate advocates versus conservative fossil-fuel advocates. The truth is that liberals have been deceived by industry postures that make it seem environmentally focused, when it is not. Climate is not the only concern regarding the environment. Where are the calls to reign in Big Tech and AI, which are increasing our energy demand exponentially? Absurdly, this focus on nurturing Big Tech comes at the expense of heating residential homes and keeping the lights on. Residential prices reflect price gouging, while industry is off the hook. Real Liberals question industry narratives. | Cranston |
| Scott coombs | For my own purposes I have been tracking my electricity usage and costs since 2010 and continue to do so each month. 15 years ago I was paying as little as $0.14 per KW and now my costs are $0.35 per KW a staggering 250% increase. IMO, this increase has been fueled by several matters but largely by the GREEN initiative taken up by RI and Federal mandates. Frankly, the most expensive electric generation is offshore wind turbines making it perplexing as to why the Sate of RI continues to support this initiative. Many of us are watching and we vote. I urge you to change course and explore other methods of generating electricity of which there are several alternatives less expensive and less impactful upon the environment while being more cost effective. | North Kingstown |
| Pasquale Squillante | Europe has already proven the unreliability of wind and solar wake up RI stop following failed policies | Lincoln |
| Stephen Rowland | Because costs are so high now and will only continue to grow with these ridiculous mandates that the state foolishly imposed. | Tiverton |
| Howard Brown | North Kingstown | |
| Leila Walsh | WAKEFIELD | Warwick |
| Giuseppe Mattiello | Cranston | |
| Michael Zacks | Providence | |
| John carnevale | Develop nuclear energy. | Johnston |
| Ralph M Guarniero | And expand natural gas.. | Warwick |
| Linda Kamajian | Barrington | Cranston |
| Michael Seander | Self explanatory | Cranston |
| Mary Seander | North Kingstown | Cranston |
| Robert Gallo | Your green energy is a scam. You will not be able to produce enough energy quick enough in this state. You need other sources of energy besides solar or wind. Stop this nonsense NOW! | Coventry |
| Angeles Felix Calderon | Tiverton | Lincoln |
| Linda Baker | Bristol | |
| John Douglas Flanders | Inflation | Saunderstown |
| Richard Lebeau | Green Energy has always been expensive and unreliable, based on hope rather than reality. It is a fool’s errand and should be abandoned by RI. | Johnston |
| Suzanne Senechal | Warwick | North Kingstown |
| Cathy L Drinkwater | Thankfully Governor McKee pushed the 100% renewable mandate to 2050 from unachievable 2033, first step in the right direction. Thank you that will help. He also signed an executive order which we hope will pass in the house to reduce tax and regulations by approximately 24%. | North Scituate |
| Christine Kellerman | Although I’m fine with renewable energy like the off shore wind farms, we have to be realistic and provide energy from multiple sources. Thank you | Warwick |
| Thom Masse | Without government subsidies so-called “green energy” would not be possible, or profitable. Without profit no utility will invest into it. Meaning this was meant for government to be the bank/investor. That has been proven not to work many times over. | Warren |
| Anthony Albert Mucci | Johnston | |
| eugene michael olink | N PROVIDENCE | |
| Roger Jadosz | Narragansett | |
| Guy Larlham | Please act on something that will actually benefit your constituents | richmond |
| Sandra Saleeba | Mary seander | Seekonk |
| Christopher Bedard | Coventry | Pawtucket |
| Jay White | Unacceptable increase in cost of energy to live | Charlestown |
| Mary gingras | Support the people who voted you in! | Greenville |
| John DeNoia, Jr | Stop the weather midification as well! | Charlestown |
| Malcom Najarian | east greenwich | |
| Vanessa Lopez | Stop the dumocrats from lying about fossil fuels and nuclear technology!.Too many politicians are getting rich off the pocket lining politicians, we need to audit every program the taxpayers are paying for!..No over sight in RI or any blue state!..Way to much false propaganda!.The rich are getting richer and the poor are literally being left in the cold!..Term limits and needed bad!..Voter fraud is very prevalent!..Vote for the save America act or quit! .. | Pawtucket |
| Barbara Lardner | RI families already suffer from some of the highest electric bills in America. Yet, our state’s current “Act On Climate” mandates will raise our electric bills to “staggering” new levels. | Riverside |
| Raymond McKay | Warwick | |
| peter hewett | Worse, without the federal funding that was anticipated when the “Act” was passed in 2021, Ocean Staters will be forced to bear an even more oppressive cost burden. | Bristol |
| ROSS MAHER | North Providence | |
| Thomas Sweeney | By submitting this petition, I call on the special Senate “Act On Climate” Commission members – and all state policymakers – to support a fundamental pivot in our state’s energy strategy … because without affordable and reliable energy, RI families and businesses can have no hope for a prosperous future. | Cranston |
| Lucie Raposo | North Providence | |
| Jody hall | And, I am concerned that if the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine … that we may suffer freezing in the dark troubles on the coldest of winter nights. | Providence |
| Stacey Capizzano | Providence | |
| Patricia L Morgan | Specifically, I support the RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity’s call for this Senate Commission to recommend: | West Warwick |
| Monique Chartier | South Kingstown | |
| Michael iacobbo | Repeal of RI’s Electric Vehicle mandate – motorists should not be forced to buy more expensive and dangerous vehicles | glocester |
| Grace Toppi | Withdrawal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – a cap-and-trade compact among states that purposefully raises our electric bills | Smithfield |
| Constance Gee | Delay of all Act On Climate mandates by at least 20 years so that Ocean Staters will not have to pay massive price increases | Westport |
| Charles Alexyon | Your solar farms and windmills are a bust and a scam. They are not recyclable either when they are no longer serviceable. Frankly, I’ve not seen any reduction in my energy bills since there installation which was a selling point, was it not? | East providence’s |
| John Bushee | Your grinding away the fixed incomes of seniors and destroying the finances of young families. | Bristol |
| Stephen Pasto | Making the poor poorer to make Sen Whiteclub and his wife richer is wrong. Take the windmills and insert them in the crook’s flabby posterior. | Providence |
| Joseph C Kohler | We want affordable electricity! | Jamestown |
| Peter Greifer | The elderly and other economic vulnerable populations are already struggling with unaffordable energy bills. This can’t continue. Natural gas, petroleum, coal and even nuclear are all abundant resources that should be exploited. | Cranston |
| Eric Aucoin | You’re going to bankrupt people with these outrageous policies! | Providence |
| Rick Simard | All this is, is a money grab that will do nothing for the fake climate doomers. It is expensive and false. Stop the wind farms that do more damage than good. I have solar panels, and i have been sold a bill of goods that do nothing for me and my family but rape my wallet. Ad i approach 70, i find i have to keep on working or go without basic needs. Stop the insanity. | WOONSOCKET |
| Dana Rostron | Our electrical costs are completely out of control. When the “supply” and the “usage” are the price of more than four times what they were four short years ago, its a major problem. It has been more than proven that the “green” energy alternatives are nothing more than a scam and not needed…. It is time for a change in this policy AND the politicians in charge… enough said … WE THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. | Coventry |
| John Francis | Like many RI residents, utility costs are becoming unaffordable. The time for the social experiments enacted by the radical left in this state to stop is NOW! RI citizens can longer afford the failed policies of progressive democrats. Get rid of the Act On Climate and restore sane energy policies NOW! | PAWTUCKET |
| William F Horan | Affordable, reliable and dependable energy/power is the underpinning of our nation. RI must pivot from a flawed ideology now. | Middletown |
| . That is an off shore and on shore wind, solar and batteries industrial complex. This an environmental, economic and national defense | ||
| Impediment. The grid integration cost is 3 to 5 times the wind farm quoted price while the amount of annual power produced is about half advertised. The existing land based sources for electric power. RI must join the federal government identified approaches means and methods at once. |
| joe furtado | mite as well do something for rhode islanders | woonsocket |
| Fred Mortensen | Warwick | Warwick |
| Donald S Kern | Why did our govern just sign a bill that follows the initiative of Massachusetts and Connecticut? They have higher energy costs than RI !! | BRISTOL |
| Deborah 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 |
| DANIEL M PICCOLI | corporate greed and politicians pocketing kick backs. | Warwick, RI |
| James Richardson | Wind and solar farms are destroying our environment and killing our wildlife. Rhode Islanders are paying exorbitant energy costs while Rhode Island politicians get wealthier. You need to drop the climate agenda that only placates multi-millionaires and fulfills millions in contracts. | Warwick |
| Paul Notterman | We already have some of the HIGHEST electricity rates in the country. Wind and solar will NOT support our needs — not when half the days now are cloudy. We are colder than ever. | Providence |
| None of the “global warming” and glacier melting predictions are happening. We need sensible policies on using oil, coal, gas and nuclear to keep Rhode Island’s lights and heat on so people can live and work here — that’s a real affordability issue. While should people in PA pay far less for their electricity and gas than we do????? | ||
| Scott coombs | North Kingstown needs affordable electricity | North Kingstown |
| Richard C Townsend | Energy policy needs to be an all of the above strategy. | Pawtucket |
| Frank Antonetti | This is a poorly planned energy reform bill. The United States is not the problem and we’re ahead of the figures showing we’re in compliance. What we need is nuclear energy. It could power our whole State. | Coventry |
| Ralph Costantino | Repeal Costly energy programs that hurt Rhode Islanders in addition to driving businesses out of state. | East Greenwich |
| Donald Goodrich | We cannot live without fossil fuels. Renewables are necessary but so are fossil fuels. | Wakefield |
| Jay Landry | Johnston | Johnston |
| Fred Mason | I spent menybyears as a lobbyist for National Grid fighting cost increases on utility bills promoted by the far left environmental crowd…renewables are expensive and unreliable! | Rumford |
| Roberta Vacca | What you reap you sow. God does not sleep and we will all be judged. Stop the madness and theft. | Westerly |
| Bertrand Leo Choiniere | The electricity cost is to dam high! | East Providence |
| Simone P Fargiorgio | Because of price, there is no reason why delivery charges often are more expensive than usage | Cranston |
| Ron Fiore | Rhode Islands energy prices are among the highest in the country and just plain unaffordable. If we continue on the present path things will get even worse, driving the middle class out of the state leaving the very affluent and those on public assistance. This is not a formula for success. | North Kingstown |
| Charles Welch | Portsmouth | Portsmouth |
| Christine OConnell | Undo burden on the citizens of RI- how is it possible to pay $800 + energy- keeping heat at a minimum. The delivery charges are double the cost of usage. The state govt is irresponsible to think this is ok. Affordability should be the mandate. | Bristol |
| R. Leslie McMillan | I moved here from NC. This state’s drive towards green energy is unattainable and now proving to be insufficient for the needed energy supply. Real leadership admits when a mistake is made and then makes the necessary adjustments to attain the goal. It seems to me, as a new Rhode Islander, that current leadership is incapable and unwilling to change when wrong. We need to do things that are proven to bring costs down while being efficient. | Providence |
| Steven Johnson | I have to live with wind turbines in my back yard. Noise 24/7/365. Some nights the noise is so loud I have to sleep in the basement. I will never vote for anyone who supports these useless things. | West Greenwich |
| Dianne C Giorgetti | enough is enough$$. not all of us are fully on board with the green deal. I don’t want to pay for it! There are enough solar farms around that should be sealing the deal. You want green you pay for it!! | CHARLESTOWN |
| Rachel Gilman | Rachel Gilman | Woonsocket |
| Katie Riordan | Its seriously more then rent at this point, more poeple are going to homeless, pipes are going to freeze because where are people supposed to get the money to pay these bills? My grandmother is in her 80’s, takes home 2,000 a mont and her bill is way over 500$, my mom who takes home $1500 a month on disability- same scenario, this is upsurd and something needs to change!! | Smithfield |
| Gene Clauss | Our state needs a dedicated gas pipeline to supply our energy needs. | Barrington |
| Braeden Meyer | No one can afford these fees and B.S. It’s extortion. Companies and citizens are going to move out of state. | Pawtucket |
| Sharon M Walsh | I do not prioritize climate mandates over affordable energy. These ridiculously high rates imposed on us outpace incomes. Give it up already and give us some energy relief! We can’t keep helping our adult kids! | Saunderstown/Narragansett |
| Barbara Sion | The Act On Climate should be abolished and all mandates | Warwick |
| repealed.Windmills and Solar panels will never supply consist energy THAT IS A FACT.THEY ARE NOT RELIABLE SOUCE OF ENERGY ,THEY ARE ALSO UNAFORDABLE,THIS IS A FACT. | ||
| Ernest McVay | Too much focus on renewable energy while cheaper gas is available from Pennsylvania with no pipeline to get it here. Duh | Riverside |
| David Amerial | Speaker Skekarchi, since you do not believe that these are real letters, this is for you. | Rumford |
| The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations declared it’s independence from the King George on May 4, 1776. “instead of Protecting is endeavoring to destroy the good people of this Colony,” | ||
| Michael Forte | The policies that are currently in place drive up the cost of our utilities. It is killing small business owners | East Providence |
| Patricia Lidstone | Because we are among the highest in the country for a very necessary product needed to live. I don’t know what those in charge of these decisions are thinking when they make the necessities of life an extreme hardship for most families. Please return to reality and do what needs to be done by those in position to work for the best for the people they represent. Thank you. | Portsmouth |
| Steven Tiexiera | Democrats have controlled this state for 90 years. You!! Have caused are unaffordable state. Your!! high energy cost because of your baseless policies. RI Energy should buy the cheapest energy as possible. Further , your wind and solar are not sustainable energy sources. We need cheaper and clean energy like nuclear micro reactors. The money we wasted on a part time energy source could have built a gas pipeline. Which is the cleanest of all focal fuels. Do your part to make RI affordable! And stop blaming President Trump for your actions. | Jamestown |
| Thank you, | ||
| Steven Tiexiera | ||
| Jamestown | ||
| John Francis Short | I have worked in the energy sector for many years. Thought my lifetime, RI has always had a high cost of energy. This has resulted in many companies leaving this state along with limiting new companies coming into the state. In addition, RI not being a right to work state puts us at a huge disadvantage in attracting new companies into the state. | Smithfield |
| Marguerite Aiello | Energy reforms are necessary for RI because the residents have been ignored for far too long. The residents of RI have been the ones that carry the weight of the increasing costs while the energy companies continue to make money. It appears that since COVID every expense source has raised rates in one way or another. Of course many companies lost money during COVID, but that was almost six years ago and it is time that the everyday person stops paying for elevated costs. As a homeowner, we calculate our expenses accordingly and when something is unaffordable, we go without. That is what these companies have failed to do. It is time to run a business like you run a household. That being said, that is if you run your household in the black which we do and have done since we have had household expenses. | North Providence |
| Claudia Tocco | Driving Rhode Islanders out of this state! Everyone should boycott and refuse to pay these astronomical amounts both gas and electric until the Governor and RI Energy fix this for everyone in this state! | Cranston |
| Joseph F Charland | I am 78 years old my wife and have lived in this state our whole lives. I have cancer and going through chemotherapy, my medical bills are high, my energy bills are higher! We have to be careful spending money on groceries. Going out is no longer possible. My wife who is very proud shops at second hand shops so do I. We should have left this crooked state years ago but we have family and roots here and every year we hope it would get better, yeah that’s pie in the sky. | West Warwick |
| Every election we pray the crooks will be voted out. Yet every year it’s the same old same old… I have found this to be a little fishy! | ||
| GERALD FERREIRA JR | Mandating electric cars is not the answer to the problem. Where will the supply of electricity come from to make that happen? We cannot rely solely on electric cars. | Warwick |
| Paul Tognetti | I have steadfastly opposed so-called “renewable” energy mandates championed by Democrats and progressives. Wind and solar energy are unreliable and can support only a fraction of our true energy needs. | Cranston |
| With regards to solar energy, no one has been able to tell me what will happen 20 or 25 years from now with all of the “spent” solar panels. They are extremely toxic and I would not have them on my home. Likewise, these wind farms are a travesty and are doing incalculable damage to our birds and marine life. | ||
| In my view, the best way to achieve the result most of us seek is diligently striving for energy conservation. The average person could easily trim their energy usage by 15 to 20% without blinking an eye. We need leaders who will endorse just this sort of an approach. | ||
| Energy conservation should be near the top of the list of our national and state goals. Individuals and businesses should be rewarded for coming up with new ways to save and conserve energy. The idea of ever achieving “net zero” carbon emissions is pure folly. | ||
| Karen OConnor | Please, please, please repeal the Electric Vehicle mandate, withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and delay all Act On Climate mandates I would say by at least 30 years or more. These are ridiculous for Rhode Islanders at this time and does nothing except break us financially. We could have access to energy sources that are clean (let’s bring back nuclear!) and affordable. Please stop trying to keep up with California. This is NOT a form-letter response. Thank you. | North Kingstown |
| Amy Breslin | Barrington | Barrington |
| George Barrett | i’m tired of paying high electricity rates and gas rates, you want to stop gas blowers? come to my yard in the fall I’m 70+ years old it’s killing me now electric battery packs will never work if you want to come do my yard in the fall, senators and representatives call me leave me a message and we’ll set something up. you refuse to allow pipelines through New York to Rhode Island for gas, oil, you won’t allow these new nuclear compact power plants, just windmills that don’t work 50% of the time please, you guys are useless 14 $15 billion yearly budget and people are freezing in Rhode Island unbelievable thank you | warwick |
| Joanne Gilden | The CEO of RI Energy has stated in past interviews with Matt Allen that state-legislated renewable energy mandates contribute significantly to rising utility costs for Rhode Island consumers. These policies require the purchase of higher-cost, out-of-state renewable power and the construction of related infrastructure, with those expenses passed directly on to ratepayers. | Warwick |
| Rhode Island represents a very small fraction of global carbon emissions. As a result, the global climate impact of these policies is limited, while the financial burden on local residents is substantial and will continue to increase as the state moves toward a 100% renewable energy requirement by 2033. | ||
| Greater consideration should be given to affordable, reliable, low-carbon energy sources such as nuclear power, along with a balanced approach that protects consumers while pursuing environmental goals. As the CEO of RI energy has stated on Allen’s program: “we’ve got to have an all of the above strategy” and currently we don’t. Change that please. | ||
| State legislators should pause further mandates that increase household costs, including additional electrification and vehicle requirements, until the full financial impact on residents is transparently evaluated. Rhode Island already faces higher living and energy costs than many larger states and cities. | ||
| General revenues are projected to grow by 7.4% in FY 2025, driven largely by personal income tax collections. In light of this, further cost increases on residents are unnecessary and harmful. Policymakers should focus on controlling utility costs and reconsider policies that place additional strain on household budgets, including the taxation of Social Security benefits. | ||
| Carol McTaggart | These energy policies will make NO measurable difference on the climate or the world. | Richmond |
| Why are our energy prices the 4th highest in the nation? | ||
| We can’t blame Trump- all other states are under these same Federal policies. | ||
| FP Winduhman | Its goals are unrealistic and unsustainable. I would love to know how much taxpayer money has been spent to date and the actual realized benefit this strategy has provided the taxpayer in return! | Pawtucket |
| Mary E Hartke | Speaker this is not a form STOP this!!!!! | North Providence |
| Carl Sherblum | Many of my neighbors are on fixed incomes, most of the politicians in this state are out of touch with the people. | Foster |
| Wm. Nievera | 77yo, wife is 75yo. Affordability is getting impossible i this democrat run excuse of a state. The Gov. has no idea what he is doing as well as Joe Sicarchi. 2 useless pols that think more of themselves than the “great unwashed”. | Exeter |
| Scrap the ev mandate and get rid of the mandate to buy MORE EXPENSIVE POWER FROM GREEN ENERGY. People, it’s a democratic DREAM for which we are not ready! | ||
| DO SOMETHING FOR ME !!!!! DANM IT | ||
| ps – i ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THE nOVEMBER ELECTKIONS SO THAT i CAN CAST MY VOTE FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN GOV. MC CHEESE. | ||
| James Rutkovsky | Why am I signing this petition: 1) I am against the Green new Scam whereby the average working man is force into pay for scams that enrich the politically connected elit. 2) Because I am now looking at relocating to one of the southern states where the are still some same politicians willing to support policies for the working man and his family. 3) Because I am now retired (14 mos) on fixed income and am having trouble keeping up with taxes and bloated government up here. 4) Because “In God I Trust.” 5) I am looking forward to leaving this State albiet a beautiful place – I just cant afford these politicians. Signed: James Rutkovsky | Lincoln |
| Edward Marcello | All these private companies that are subsidized by the extra fees in our electric bills all donate money to our corrupt political leaders campaigns just follow the money and keep voting democrat you stupid people of RI | Cumberland |
| william wallace | Stop this energy cost affecting us retired veterans. Your mandates will do little to change climate change. | west greenwich |
| Valentino Faraone Jr | Stop the madness. Reduce our energy cost. Eliminate the extra fees Rhode Islanders are paying. | Coventry |
| 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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