Greg Cornett, president of Rhode Island Energy, describes company measures to reduce customers’ energy bills at a press conference on Monday, July 21, 2025. (Photo by Nancy Lavin/Rhode Island Current)
Rhode Island Energy has made headlines this year — not good ones.
A frigid winter fueled public outrage over utility bills. Major mistakes in some customers’ bills prompted state regulators to launch an audit of the company’s books. Earlier this month, a storm left 65,000 residents without power or the ability to access the online outage map — prompting a rebuke from the usually mild-mannered Gov. Dan McKee…