Susan Kelly, who self-describes as one of the state’s ‘invisible old people,’ lives on a fixed income, relying entirely on Social Security benefits of around $2,000 a month. It is residents like Kelly who feel the brunt of electric and natural gas rate hikes. (Rob Smith/ecoRI News)
WARWICK, R.I. — For the fourth winter in a row, Rhode Islanders are bracing themselves for higher energy prices.
The crowd was a little smaller inside the Public Utilities Commission recently when state regulators heard public comment on this year’s proposed rate hike, but the outrage, anger, and exhaustion expressed by residents was undeterred…