The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission has approved $28 million in winter electric bill relief, delivering credits to more than 450,000 residential accounts, Gov. Dan McKee announced Thursday.
Rhode Island Energy residential customers on A-16 and A-60 accounts will receive a $20.45 credit in January, February and March 2027 — $61.35 total. The money comes from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction reserves, redirected under the energy affordability emergency McKee declared July 23 in response to an expected double-digit increase in winter supply rates.
Those credits stack on top of roughly $14 a month starting in October under the hold-harmless settlement tied to PPL’s acquisition of Narragansett Electric. Combined, residential customers would see about $34 a month across the three winter months, or more than $100 over the period.
The administration says the two efforts together amount to nearly $200 million in energy bill relief.
“This summer, we took unprecedented emergency action because families needed relief, and today we are delivering on that commitment,” McKee said.
