The South Kingstown Community Electricity program is announcing new Winter electricity supply prices to go into effect beginning with the November 2024 meter read. Prices will still remain lower than the utility’s Residential Last Resort Service rate for the default electricity option. The new prices will be fixed for six months through customers’ May 2024 meter read. Current participants do not need to take any action to remain in the program and receive the new pricing for the product in which they are currently enrolled.
Most participants in South Kingstown’s program use “South Kingstown Standard” which provides more renewable energy than RI Energy’s Last Resort Service and will still provide cost savings this Winter. The additional renewable energy is sourced entirely from local Rhode Island projects, including the Narragansett Bay Commission wind turbines at Fields Point in Providence, solar in West Greenwich and additional wind turbines in Coventry.
The table below shows the prices for Residential customers compared to RI Energy. Prices for Commercial and Industrial customers can be found on the Program website: electricity.southkingstownri.com.
South Kingstown is part of a group of seven municipalities who shared in launching the first municipal aggregation programs on Rhode Island. Barrington, Central Falls, Narragansett, Newport, Portsmouth, Providence, and South Kingstown are all working with Good Energy as their consultant and share a common electricity supplier and pricing.
The voluntary renewable energy content in the program’s standard and optional products comes from projects that qualify as RI New and make a sizable impact on the Town’s carbon footprint. The program annually purchases over 4000 MWh of renewable energy on behalf of program participants. This equates to a reduction of over 3,300,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.
The vast majority of the Town’s residential and commercial electricity participate in the program, and collectively participants saved more than $572,000 from May 2023 through August 2024, while supporting new, renewable energy facilities here in Rhode Island.
This is a Town-operated program open to all South Kingstown and businesses. To join, complete the enrollment form on the program website: electricity.southkingstownri.com or call the program’s supplier, NextEra Energy Services Rhode Island, at (888) 387-1085. Participants may leave the program at any time without fees or penalties. Visit the program website to review all program options available and to submit any questions via the program contact form: electricity.southkingstownri.com.