Rhode Island charts a course for a cleaner grid

Energy News Network: Rhode Island is a small state with big energy ambitions. Like many states, however, those ambitions are complicated by an outdated electric grid.

“Thomas Edison would probably recognize [the grid] in its current form,” jokes Macky McCleary, administrator of the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers. He compares the state’s grid to a Ford Model T, when it should be more like a Tesla Model X.

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