BOOM! Benchmarking passes the Senate overwhelmingly! This a major step towards meeting our Act on Climate goals. Thanks to ECRI and the many environmental advocates who have made this a priority, and to my stellar colleague, @rebeccakislak.bsky.social , for stewarding it through the House.

Good presence here at the #RhodeIsland House Corporations committee where we will hear H5816, to require the state to procure 1200 MW of #offshorewind, as well as an attempt to weaken our #renewableenergy mandate that our utility, Rhode Island Energy, is backing. /1

Did Trump just cancel offshore wind? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/21/s... “If this isn’t overturned by either legislative action or by court cases, then it certainly means a significant delay in the deployment of the offshore wind power that we need." - Larry Chretien of Green Energy Consumers