New England Grid > Rhode Island
Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita
Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes
Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines
Rhode Island does not produce or refine petroleum, but the Port of Providence is a regional hub for receiving transportation and heating fuel products. A pipeline connects the port to central Massachusetts.
Nearly all in-state electricity is generated with natural gas, which is supplied by pipeline from Connecticut and New York. An increasing amount of gas originates in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale.
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Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014
RI
USA
Key Policies
Requires retail electricity providers to obtain 16% of power sold in the state from renewable resources by 2019.
Requires the statewide use of reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol to limit ozone formation.
Electricity net production, trillion btu
RI
USA