While upon review DPUC guaranteed that the sale was made in “public interest” - a requirement for the purchase to pass - some environmental groups cited different interpretations of public interest given ongoing climate concerns.Īccording to Kai Salem ’18, policy coordinator at Green Energy Consumers Alliance, utility companies are essential to the state’s commitment to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2030 through the Act on Climate. State climate organizations raise concerns Now, as Neronha’s appeal process moves forward, the case has come to represent “one of the first opportunities to uphold the Act on Climate and send some guidance to other state agencies that it is a legal standard that they need to follow,” said Hank Webster, senior policy advocate and Rhode Island director at Acadia Center, a clean energy research and advocacy organization that voiced concerns regarding the sale during the review process. 24 statement.įollowing concerns raised by community organizations during the sale’s review process that PPL lacks sufficient experience to further National Grid’s advancements toward green energy and meet state climate goals outlined by the 2021 Act on Climate bill, DPUC approved the $5.3 billion transaction. One day later, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha filed an emergency appeal of the decision in the Rhode Island Superior Court “on the grounds that it does not sufficiently provide assurances that the sale is in the best interests of Rhode Islanders,” according to a Feb.
23, the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers approved the sale of Narragansett Electric Company - National Grid’s electric and gas supplier in Rhode Island - to Pennsylvania-based electric company PPL Electric Utilities.
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