South Kingstown Community Electricity is our town’s electricity supply program. The Program aims to help our community members manage electricity costs, increase renewable energy use, and reduce carbon pollution. South Kingstown Town Council approved this program in July 2020.
Important Rate Update
RI Energy has increased its proposed rate since the Town sent its Notification Letter. Our South Kingstown Community Electricity rates remain the same. Rates below are for residential customers that will be in effect when the Program launches in May 2023.
South Kingstown Standard: 9.361 ¢/kWh
RI Energy Rate: 10.341 ¢/kWh
Public Meetings
Watch a recording of the public Q&A session on the Town’s YouTube channel here, from Thursday, March 9th public meeting at Town Hall.
Wednesday, March 29th at 6 pm at the Narragansett Community Center (the Town of Narragansett is launching the same program as South Kingstown, and all are welcome to attend their information session).
Special Virtual Discussion
Tuesday, March 21st at 7:30 pm, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, the local non-profit that helps bring new renewable projects to New England, will be holding a virtual discussion about our city’s community electricity program. A second meeting will take place on Thursday, March 23rd at noon. Please go here to sign up.
Our Electricity Options
The table below summarizes the program’s residential options. For additional details, or for commercial and industrial pricing, see Electricity Options page here.
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South Kingstown Standard (for automatic enrollment) |
South Kingstown Basic |
South Kingstown 50 |
South Kingstown 100 |
Rhode Island Energy Last Resort Service Residential |
| 9.361 ¢/kWh Residential | 9.151 ¢/kWh Residential | 10.222 ¢/kWh Residential | 12.321 ¢/kWh Residential | 10.341 ¢/kWh |
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Adds 5% voluntary renewable energy (RI New RECs) |
No additional renewable energy |
Adds voluntary renewable energy (RI New RECs) to total 50% |
Adds voluntary renewable energy (RI New RECs) to total 100% |
No additional renewable energy |
| May 2023 to November 2023 | April 2023 to September 2023 | |||
Notification Letter Sent in Late February – Customers eligible for automatic enrollment in South Kingstown Community Electricity will receive a notification letter by early March 2023. Sent via US mail, the letter explains the electricity supply offers and your participation options.
If you receive the notification letter, your account will be automatically enrolled in South Kingstown Standard at 9.361 ¢ per kilowatt-hour (kWh) starting on your May 2023 meter read. No action is necessary to receive this price. The deadline to opt-out and not participate in the program is April 8, 2023 (extended from April 3). If you are enrolled, you may always leave the program at any time, without penalty.
If you do not receive a letter, you will not be automatically enrolled. You may join the Program by submitting a request to enroll here.
How It Works
South Kingstown Community Electricity is a municipal electricity aggregation, operated by the City of South Kingstown, and authorized by R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-1.2.
There are two parts to your Rhode Island Energy electricity bill, (1) Supply Services, and (2) Delivery Services.
If you participate in South Kingstown Community Electricity:
- The utility, Rhode Island Energy, will continue to provide all Delivery Services, which includes responding to power outages. You will continue to receive your electricity bill from Rhode Island Energy.
- The Supply Services portion of the Rhode Island Energy bill will change to reflect your participation in South Kingstown’s program.
- Customers in the Low-Income Rate Class (A60) will continue to receive their current percentage discount on the entire electricity bill.
- Budget billing customers will continue to receive budget billing for the Delivery Services portion of the bill.
- Customers that receive solar electricity benefits from net metering credits and/or Renewable Energy Growth Program payments will continue to receive those benefits.
- You may leave the Program or switch to a different program option at any time, without penalty.