Location: Newport, RI

Newport sits off the coast of Rhode Island and was a major port during the Colonial Era. The town has an estimated population of 24,073 but has thousands of visitors each year due to its rich history. Newport residents we some of the first in the nation to have a choice in their electricity supplier when RI passed energy deregulation laws in 1998. Rhode Island was the first state in the nation to deregulate their energy market and allowed only 25 retail energy providers into the state at first. Today, while thousands of Rhode Islanders have switched to a lower electricity rate, the majority of residents still have shopped and switched energy providers. For more information on Newport’s energy sources, usage and solar score, see the graph below.