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Rhode Island

Electricity Rates

Residential = 12 cents/kwh (National ranking: 6)

Commerical = 10 cents/kwh
(National ranking: 4)

Industrial = 9 cents/kwh(National ranking: 4)

kwh = kilowatt hour
1st ranking = highest rate in catagory

Deregulation

Rhode Island passed legislation in 1996 to deregulate its power industry and started implementation a year later. Utilities were required to transfer ownership of generation, transmission and distribution facilities into separate affiliates. The affiliates may not refuse other utilities access to their facilities.

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