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Rhode Island Energy (gas)

Investor-owned utility, regulated by the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission. The average Rhode Island home pays about $162 a month for electricity (EIA, 2024).

Rhode Island Energy (gas) rate increase 2026: no pending rate case right now

Its last case adds about $29 a month, effective August 21, 2026. Recent decisions are below. See every case in Rhode Island, or get an alert when the next one is filed.

Decided

Approved Base rate case, gas Decided Aug 21, 2026

The 343.53 dollar figure Rhode Island Energy cited is an annual amount (roughly 28.63 dollars a month), for 845 therms of yearly usage, not a monthly figure on its own.

+$29a month

How to have a say

Rate cases are decided by the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, which takes written comments on every docket and holds public hearings on the big ones. Comment deadlines and hearing dates are on each case page above when we have them. The office that argues for households in these cases is the Rhode Island Attorney General; its filings are the plain-English version of the utility's numbers.

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