Newport’s Electric Prices Set to Drop this Winter

Thursday, October 2, 2025

  
NEWPORT, R.I. (THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2025) – The Newport Community Electricity program is announcing new winter electricity supply prices to go into effect beginning with the November 2025 meter read. The program’s winter pricing for the default electricity option is 10% less than last winter and will still offer cleaner electricity and cost savings compared to RI Energy’s Last Resort Service.

The new prices will be fixed for six months through customers’ May 2026 meter read. Current participants do not need to take any action to remain in the program and receive the new pricing for the product in which they are currently enrolled.

The City is pleased to have delivered on the program’s goals of offering residents and businesses cleaner electricity, at affordable prices. The program’s residential prices for the default product remains lower than RI Energy’s Last Resort Service prices, while adding 5% additional renewable energy. The additional renewable energy is sourced entirely from local Rhode Island projects, including the Narragansett Bay Commission wind turbines at Fields Point in Providence, solar in West Greenwich and additional wind turbines in Coventry.

The table below shows the prices for Residential customers compared to RI Energy. Prices for Commercial and Industrial customers can be found on the Program website: NewportCommunityElectricity.com.

 

	Rhode Island Energy Last Resort Service (if you opt out)	Newport Basic	Newport Standard (Community Default)	Newport 50	Newport 100
Residential Price	14.770 ¢/kWh	14.447 ¢/kWh	14.690 ¢/kWh	15.224 ¢/kWh	17.652 ¢/kWh
Commercial Price	14.676 ¢/kWh	14.399 ¢/kWh	14.640 ¢/kWh	15.168 ¢/kWh	17.570 ¢/kWh
Industrial Price	13.135 ¢/kWh	12.812 ¢/kWh	13.045 ¢/kWh	13.559 ¢/kWh	15.896 ¢/kWh
Voluntary Renewable Energy	No additional renewable energy	No additional renewable energy	Adds 5% voluntary renewable energy (RI New RECs)	Adds voluntary renewable energy (RI New RECs) to total 50%	Adds voluntary renewable energy (RI New RECs) to total 100%
Duration	Oct. 1, 2025 through  Mar. 31, 2026	November 2025 until May 2026 Meter Reads	November 2025 until May 2026 Meter Reads	November 2025 until May 2026 Meter Reads	November 2025 until May 2026 Meter Reads
The Newport Community Electricity Program cannot guarantee savings compared to Rhode Island Energy Last Resort Service for the duration of the Program pricing because future Last Resort Service prices are unknown.

 
Newport is part of a group of seven municipalities who shared in launching the first municipal aggregation programs in Rhode Island. Barrington, Central Falls, Narragansett, Newport, Portsmouth, Providence, and South Kingstown are all working with Good Energy as their consultant and share a common electricity supplier and pricing.

The voluntary renewable energy content in the program’s standard and optional products comes from projects that qualify as RI New and makes a sizable impact on the City’s carbon footprint. Newport participants annually purchase more than 4524 megawatt-hours of voluntary renewable energy, equivalent to displacing over 3.2 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.

This is a City-operated program open to all Newport residents and businesses. To join, complete the enrollment form on the program website: NewportCommunityElectricity.com or call the program’s supplier, NextEra Energy Services Rhode Island, at (877) 323-3049. Participants may leave the program at any time without fees or penalties.

Visit the program website to review all program options available and to submit any questions via the program contact form: NewportCommunityElectricity.com.