Once in a while, it can be interesting to take a deep look at what one state is doing in the power sector reform arena. New York, California, and others get a lot of attention. But the small state of Rhode Island (pop. 1.05 million) has significant ambition and is taking a path that a small state, really any state, can take.
Rhode Island started with a lot of useful and progressive laws and programs to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy. These are recapped in the Systems Integration Rhode Island (SIRI) report, that, in its first phase, set out to rationalize the state’s many initiatives.
