> "I love it," said one Hopkinton resident. "I hope they get them all."

Ditto.

>there's going to be very few people who went inside the capitol that somehow escape punishment.

Idk about that, I was in the Capitol and no one's come looking for me yet.

But then again, I was in there on a guided tour in the 90's, which might have something to do with it...

Can you help me understand the issue with its height? To me, it seems like height is the best answer for adding housing units in a dense city like we have, but I also don't really know much about this project at all.

Wikipedia has an entry for the proposed tower, with an embedded map of the location: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Point_Tower

Pretty neat, I don't think I had noticed that on Wikipedia before.

It also gives an option to open the location in a different map site/app, here's Google if you'd prefer: https://www.google.com/maps/place/41%C2%B049'15.0%22N+71%C2%B024'28.0%22W/@41.8208333,-71.4077778,13z/data=!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d41.8208333!4d-71.4077778?hl=en

>Just stating that a monopoly can still technically have competitors

Good thing that's not what I said then?

But anyway, thank you for swinging by to confirm that everything I said is accurate.

Okay so you agree that our electricity supply isn't a monopoly?

Do you consider a cheaper, greener alternative "vastly inferior"?

I'm OOTL...what's the deal with the height? Seems to me that things like capacity and cost are more important than height, but the fact that the height is called out in the headline makes it seem there's more to the story that I'm missing.

Just that it would be the new tallest and some people don't like that?

> They over credited me, and my bill pay service/community solar management company (Arcadia) billed me for the inflated amount.

Arcadia messed up on mine too; I was overpaying all summer and building up credit with NG/RIE, but then Arcadia finally figured out the credits and I haven't had to pay anything the past three months as I work that credit back down.

Oh okay, so your ignorance is merely misleading others. Got it.

My fault for making assumptions about you actually do; I should have only commented on what you've said.

Oh yeah! Good call, I was wrong. Thank you for the correction!

> Only 13% of RI energy was renewable in 2021.

My dude, PLEASE educate yourself about supply options. For all our good. If you are using the default supply you are part of the problem. You're voting with your dollars that petro-heavy generation is a-okay. You can (and I'd say, should) switch to a different supplier generating cleaner power, and drive the demand for cleaner energy. You will save money too.

While you're reading, you might want to brush up on the grid interconnects and resource mix; the generation happening within RI state lines (like you linked) is less relevant when the whole eastern grid is interconnected. That's why it's okay that "our" offshore wind power makes landfall on Long Island - it's all the same grid so it doesn't matter. That generation greens everyone's power.

So to recap: you are spending more money and preventing clean energy growth with your ignorance to how the system actually works. Learn and change, don't get hung up on the piece of paper that gets mailed to you every month.

> Also, there is a literal cartel to control the price of oil. It's called OPEC. Saudi Arabia/OPEC literally cut oil production to drive up the price.

Last I checked, OPEC isn't one of the electricity suppliers in RI.

You are saying the same as me...the problem is in the global energy markets, not with regional suppliers.

> Nice straw man. This has 0 relevance.

I don't think you understand the definition of "straw man", and you're not sure how the global supply of a product affecting local prices is relevant to a discussion about the global supply of a product affecting local prices...?

> The future is renewable. These resources only get cheaper with wider adoption. The only reason it isn't a larger/cheaper option is opposition from oil companies for decades.

Well I have great news for you. That exact thing I just outlined has been available in our state for years, thanks to our deregulated supply. If you really didn't know that, you might want to focus more on educating yourself about all your options more than complaining about them.

>Imo it's more like a cartel where multiple companies collaborate to set equally shitty prices

I could buy that if it was just our suppliers charging higher rates, but that's happening globally.

Like, is it a cartel to blame that corn cost more in RI this year? No, not really...summer droughts lead to smaller crops and prices went up across the board.

Similarly, Russia's invasion and the EU boycott effectively reduced energy supply and raised prices for everyone.

> The idea of a market is that competing companies drive innovation or better pricing

So what would you want, like newer companies coming in and building solar fields and selling the power to you at a lower price because solar is cheaper?

> Mine was $37 this month for a 2 bedroom apt, it’s never been less than $80

That adds up. Add back the credit and your bill was $97 this past period, ~20% higher than your previous max, in a typical-not-peak-usage month. You should expect your future bills to be 40% edit: 25% higher than last year moving forward. (Thank you /u/fishythepete for the correction.)

This might not be feasible for you, but just in case it is: non-roof solar can be a good option. Cheaper, simpler install, better positioning, more questionable aesthetics, but also maybe an interesting option for a covered/protected patio area.

https://news.energysage.com/ground-mounted-solar-panels-top-3-things-you-need-to-know/

There are a few things going on here:

1. The supply rate for everyone went up 40% for electric (~10% for gas) in October.

2. There was a $60 credit issued to everyone the same month, which eliminated (and then some, in most cases) the effect of that increase for the first month

3. OP is using a TON of electricity - nearly 10x as much as my 4 bedroom house in the same period - due to a house fire and having to live in an all-electric-everything RV.

> He didn't say there weren't any other offers.

They called it a monopoly. The definition of "monopoly" is having no alternatives.

> He said no COMPETITIVE offering.

I am not sure what they mean by "competitive" in this context. Cheaper?

Hah, we both did the math and commented the same thing within seconds of each other.

> Tired of this monopoly

The electric supplier - the source of the supply charges highlighted in the OP - is not a monopoly. You can choose your own. RIE is merely the default supplier.

You used over 3,000 kWh last month!?

> A little humor.

Emphasis on "little"

lol I kid, I kid.

It could be, if you keep your life savings on Starbucks gift cards.

With the biggest portion (closest to the corner) being the new location for the NK TJMaxx.

It actually is