Rhode Island's Community for Energy Savings
EnergyRI is a public service for Rhode Island Energy customers in need of savings. We have partnered with the leading providers of human and artificial intelligence in the retail energy space to lower your energy spend.
Courtesy of Rhode Island Energy
For Institutional & Large Commercial Consumers
SilentSherpa is a provider of energy market guidance solutions that reduces the operating cost of multi-site and multi-fuel portfolios.
Comprehensive Market Guidance & Strategy: The firm acts as a specialized advocate for large commercial consumers, providing total market visibility and personalized advisory frameworks to construct efficient energy budgets.
Risk Mitigation & Customized Procurement: By analyzing complex rate structures and regional aggregation programs, the firm helps businesses insulate themselves from volatile utility spikes through customized, long-term procurement contracts.
Continuous Auditing & Compliance Control: Rather than providing a one-time fix, the platform continuously tracks and audits vendor performance. This ensures energy suppliers accurately bill against negotiated contract terms over multi-year periods.
For Residential & Small Commercial Consumers
Kilowant is a cloud based AI agent that autonomously shops and switches your electricity supply service to the lowest cost provider.
Cost Savings: On average, the platform reduces a customer's annual utility-billed electricity cost by 33% by automatically securing the lowest fixed-rate price plans.
Time Efficiency: The autonomous AI model saves consumers roughly 6 hours per year by fully managing, tracking, and completing the tedious process of energy marketplace shopping.
Market Transparency & Assurance: The technology continuously monitors volatile energy markets 24/7, providing total cost clarity and guaranteeing that users remain locked into optimal long-term plans without post-term price hikes..
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Common Questions
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Rhode Island has some of the highest electricity rates in the country because the state relies heavily on natural gas for power generation and includes several state “public policy” charges on bills to fund renewable energy and energy programs.
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In Rhode Island, about 40–45% of your electric bill is your supply or the cost of the electricity itself, and about 55–60% is delivery, which covers the maintenance of poles, wires, and the grid, as well as and state energy programs.
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Rhode Island has limited local power generation and spreads infrastructure costs across a relatively small population while also investing heavily in renewable energy infrastructure.
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Yes. Rhode Island allows energy choice, which means you can choose a competitive electricity supplier for the supply portion of your bill while RI Energy still delivers the electricity.
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To lock in a lower rate, you need to actively choose a competitive electricity supplier and secure a fixed rate when prices are favorable—rather than staying on RI Energy’s or Community Energy default rate.
Kilowant makes this easy. Their ai constantly searches the market, alerts you, and switches you to better rates once they become available, so you can lock in savings without doing any work.
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The most effective way is to start with Kilowant, which helps reduce your bill by optimizing how your electricity is procured and managed—so you’re not overpaying for the energy you already use.
From there, the next step is improving home energy efficiency, which lowers overall consumption. This includes:
Adding insulation and sealing air leaks to reduce heating and cooling loss
Switching to LED lighting to cut lighting costs significantly
Installing a smart thermostat to better control heating and cooling
Upgrading to energy-efficient appliances, especially HVAC systems and water heaters
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