Cranston, RI – The Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity today announced that it has launched an online petition drive calling for policymakers to support a fundamental pivot away from our state’s current energy strategy, which will lead to staggeringly high electricity prices and potentially dangerous blackouts.

The petition can be accessed at: RIFreedom.org/Energy2026. (#Energy2026RI)

The petition challenges the Senate Commission to Study the Implementation (Rhode Island’s) Act On Climate mandates to recommend a new energy strategy that prioritizes securing affordable and abundant energy for the people of Rhode Island instead of seeking-out unreliable and costly green energy sources … in desperate hope of meeting our state’s arbitrary and unachievable ‘net zero’ emissions goals.

“As public outcry about the high costs and risks associated with existing green energy policies continues to grow, many other northeast states have either modified – or signaled their intent to modify – their unsustainable policies,” commented the Center’s CEO, Mike Stenhouse. “This petition gives voice to Ocean State residents who are concerned that they and our state will suffer future ‘energy poverty’.”

Each petition submitted will automatically send an email to all Commission members and to other key legislative leaders and will include optional personal comments from each petitioner.

Personal commentary from submitted petitions can be viewed on The Ocean State Current here. A sampling of comments already submitted include:

• My energy bills are outrageous!
• Repeal the Act on Climate. It is destructive to impose this expensive, job killing, budget burden on Rhode Island families
• All of the green energy policies that have been passed by this administration are bankrupting Rhode Islanders. Let’s put RI families FIRST!!
• Rhode islanders will not survive with current climate goals set. Stop offshore wind and cutting down trees for solar farms.