Barrington Community Electricity is our town’s electricity supply program, launched in May 2023. The Program aims to help our community members manage electricity costs, increase renewable energy use, and reduce carbon pollution.
If you receive a letter from the Program, you are likely a newly eligible customer. The Town is excited for you to join! Please contact us if you have any questions.
Our Electricity Options
The Barrington Community Electricity program has announced new winter electricity supply prices that went into effect beginning with the November meter read. The new prices are fixed for six months and will be adjusted to summer rates in May 2024. 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.
Questions about the changes? The Town announced these rates in October in a press release available here, and there were 2 Zoom info sessions held for residents to ask questions.
The tables below summarize the program’s residential options. For additional details, or for commercial and industrial pricing, see Electricity Options page here.
Winter 2023-2024 Residential Prices
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| Barrington Standard | Barrington Basic | Barrington 50 | Barrington 100 | Rhode Island Energy Last Resort Service Residential |
| 17.641 ¢/kWh Residential | 17.430 ¢/kWh Residential | 18.462 ¢/kWh Residential | 20.666 ¢/kWh Residential | 17.741 ¢/kWh |
| 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 |
| November 2023 through April 2024 | October 2023 through March 2024 | |||
Summer 2023 Residential Prices
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Barrington Standard (for automatic enrollment) |
Barrington Basic |
Barrington 50 |
Barrington 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 through October 2023 | April 2023 through September 2023 | |||
How It Works
Barrington Community Electricity is a municipal electricity aggregation, operated by the Town of Barrington, 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 Barrington 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 Barrington’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 their entire 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.