RI s natural gas mains are among the oldest, and leakiest, in the country. But a replacement program is at odds with efforts to wean the state off greenhouse gases.
Utility regulators have a collegial relationship with the companies they are charged with regulating on behalf of the public and the natural gas industry is working that relationship to shape how the country moves toward its climate goals.
This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here.Last November, in a vast conference hall at a Marriott hotel in New Orleans, utility executive Kim Greene took the stage. Greene, the CEO of Southern Company Gas, a Georgia-based conglomerate that owns gas .