Newport Daily News
NEWPORT The City Council has endorsed the most expensive option National Grid developed to replace the temporary Liquefied Natural Gas operation on Old Mill Lane in Portsmouth, which boosts gas capacity on Aquidneck Island when it is needed most.
The council prefers a solution that does not require a major investment in new utility infrastructure, but relies instead “exclusively on electrification, demand response and efficiency,” says a resolution passed by the council last week.
According to the 127-page Aquidneck Island Long-Term Gas Capacity Study, prepared by National Grid in September and presented at council meetings in Newport, Middletown and Portsmouth, this option would cost a total of $190 million through the year 2035. The costs for each option can be viewed in the table on page 15 of the study.