Isn't the issue is especially acute in RI, where we pay the 2nd highest electricity costs in the contiguous US?

RI does have the second highest “retail” electric rates in the country.[1] However, the addition of the CREC is unlikely to change this ranking as, at best, it will only lower prices by 1 to 2%, as identified by its own witness at the RI Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) and secondly, the wholesale price of electricity represents only a portion of the electric bill.  The charges for distribution, transmission, and customer service will be unchanged by the CREC. Therefore, this plant is likely to have no material impact on the price of electricity in the state, especially considering it will be sold to entities outside the state and “blended” with numerous other sources of electricity.