Rhode Island's Dan McKee has joined a bipartisan coalition of New England governors in urging regulators to reject a rate increase proposal by regional transmission owners.
The governors say the proposed increases of more than eleven-percent would rise electricity costs for already-strained ratepayers.
The coalition is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject a profit increase for transmission line utilities, saying energy bills are too high and utilities should be looking for ways to lower costs, not increase profits.
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