The electricity consumed in Rhode Island homes, businesses, and institutions is generated at power plants, transported through a network of high-voltage transmission lines, and distributed via local poles and wires to end users. Rhode Island’s electrical grid is connected to a larger regional power grid composed of more than 350 generating resources (natural gas, coal, and oil-fired power plants; hydroelectric dams; nuclear stations; biomass plants; and renewable energy units like wind and solar), 8,000 miles of transmission lines, and 6.5 million households and businesses that create electric demand throughout New England. Click here to learn more about New England’s regional power grid.