Lt. Governor McKee, Division of Public Utilities Launch Energy Website
01 Februar 2016 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Empower RI helps business and residential
customers compare electricity prices
Lt. Governor Daniel J. McKee and Rhode Island Division of Public
Utilities and Carriers Administrator Thomas F. Ahern recently
announced the launch of Empower RI, a website to help Rhode
Islanders shop for the best electricity prices for their homes and
businesses.
Empower RI, www.ri.gov/empowerri, allows business and
residential customers to compare electricity prices and contract
terms from competitive suppliers to the current “Standard Offer”
from National Grid. The site is designed to make the process of
selecting a competitive electricity supplier easier and more
transparent in Rhode Island, which has some of the highest energy
costs in the country.
Empower RI is a joint effort of the Office of the Lieutenant
Governor, the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and
Carriers, and Rhode Island Interactive.
The website is part of the Lieutenant Governor’s efforts to ease
the burden of high energy costs on Rhode Island small businesses.
In 2015, Lt. Governor McKee and Attorney General Peter Kilmartin
intervened before the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission on
behalf of ratepayers to eliminate the so-called billing adjustment,
which cost National Grid electricity customers $1.5 million last
winter after they switched to competitive suppliers. The PUC voted
to end the adjustment July 1, 2015, removing a barrier to a robust
competitive market.
“Empower RI is a valuable tool to help small businesses and
residential ratepayers shop for the best electricity prices,” Lt.
Governor McKee said. “Empower RI was designed to do exactly what
its name says: empower ratepayers to make the most cost-effective
decisions on their electricity supplier. Using this website,
consumers will be able to easily navigate the marketplace and
choose the plan that’s best for them.”
Administrator Ahern added, “While large industrial and
commercial customers have participated in the competitive electric
supply market for years, we have only recently seen an increase in
the number of competitive suppliers offering service to residential
and small commercial customers. Empower RI will serve as a resource
for these residents and businesses.”
Rhode Island Interactive designed Empower RI, and demonstrated
the features of the website, including a savings calculator based
on kilowatt usage, at a press conference at the State House on
Wed., January 27, 2016.
Rhode Island Interactive is a wholly owned subsidiary of NIC
USA, a publicly held company and the largest developer of
eGovernment solutions in the nation. The State of Rhode Island has
a long-term contract with Rhode Island Interactive to manage the
RI.gov portal and to grow the number of available Web-based
services.
About Rhode Island Interactive
The RI.gov site and services are developed and maintained by
Rhode Island Interactive, a Providence-based, wholly owned
subsidiary of the eGovernment firm NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) offering
paper-savings online services. A variety of informational resources
and local government online services can be found at
http://www.ri.gov on behalf of the State of Rhode
Island.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading
provider of official government websites, online services, and
secure payment processing solutions. The company's innovative
eGovernment services help make government more accessible to
everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies provides
eGovernment solutions for more than 3,500 federal, state, and local
agencies in the United States. Forbes has named NIC as one of the
“100 Best Small Companies in America” six times, most recently
ranked at No. 36 (2014), and the company has been included four
times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is
available at http://www.egov.com.
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