The highly controversial proposed power plant continues to generate a significant amount of media coverage.
Continue to check back here for an ongoing list of media coverage.
Note: We have been super busy and are running behind on cataloging the very latest stories running about the plant but rest assured, there has been a LOT of coverage. You can always Google; Keep Rhode Island Beautiful, Burrillville Power Plant, or Clear River Energy Center for some of the latest media coverage.
RI Future
- May 24, 2016 – Burrillville flipping the script on proposed power plant
- May 21, 2016 – CLF’s Jerry Elmer: Keable Bill is ‘excellent’ for power plant opponents
- May 19, 2016 – More confusion, not clarity, from the Burrillville Town Council
- May 11, 2016 – Burrillville rallies against power plant at Siting Board hearing, part II
- May 11, 2016 – Invenergy accused of running misleading ad in Burrillville Bargain Buyer
- May 9, 2016 – Raimondo agrees to meet with Burrillville residents about power plant
- May 5, 2016 – Special Town Council meeting does little to calm Burrillvillian concerns
- May 3, 2016 – Burrillville Town Council has absolute authority to set Invenergy tax rates
- Apr. 28, 2016 – Burrillville Town Council lets their lawyer not answer questions about power plant tax negotiations
- Apr. 22, 2016 – Whitehouse addresses power plant protesters
- Apr. 19, 2016 – Lisa Petrie arrested at State House protesting power plant
- Apr. 19, 2016 – Power plant protesters take over State House state room
- Apr. 18, 2016 – Banners dropped at RI Office of Energy Resources opposing power plant
- Apr. 17, 2016 – Burrillville Town Council knew about power plant plans in February 2015
- Apr. 15, 2016 – Burrillville Town Council seemingly at odds with residents over power plant
- Apr. 15, 2016 – Burrillville Town Council can stand up to Invenergy
- Apr. 14, 2016 – Burrillville Town Council secretly negotiating tax deals with Invenergy
- Apr. 7, 2016 – Is Raimondo’s power plant support softening?
- Apr. 7, 2016 – Burrillville legislators oppose Invenergy’s fracked gas power plant
- Apr. 1, 2016 – Public comment on Burrillville power plant: Video
- Apr. 1, 2016 – Labor, citizens clash over power plant in Burrillville
- Mar. 29, 2016 – Burrillville state reps in the hot seat over Invenergy power plant
- Mar. 24, 2016 – Power plant already adversely affecting Burrillville property values say realtors
- Mar. 21, 2016 – Invenergy co-opts public comment hearing for infomercial
- Mar. 15, 2016 – Pattern of protester suppression at Raimondo events emerging
- Mar. 2, 2016 – Supporting Burrillville gas plant becoming politically untenable
- Feb. 23, 2016 – Secrecy and heavy security for Janet Coit’s Invenergy visit on Monday
- Feb. 22, 2016 – DEM Director Coit’s Invenergy visit calls ‘fire wall’ into question
- Feb. 16, 2016 – Recent power auction proves Burrillville power plant unneeded
- Feb. 1, 2016 – FANG confronts Whitehouse over his Invenergy support
- Feb. 1, 2016 – FANG needs YOU: To protest Governor Raimondo
- Jan. 29, 2016 – Siting Board acting on Invenergy’s schedule for Burrillville gas plant
- Jan. 25, 2016 – Enviro group support for Burrillville power plant cited by Whitehouse does not exist
- Jan. 25, 2016 – Invenergy’s proposed power plant will burn oil
- Jan. 21, 2016 – Raimondo: States need ‘broader view’ of renewable power
- Jan. 12, 2016 – Strong public opposition to Burrillville power plant at hearing
- Jan. 4, 2016 – CLF uses Resilient RI Act to block Invenergy’s fossil fuel power plant
- Dec. 29, 2015 – Invenergy attempts to sideline public input on proposed power plant in Burrillville
- Dec. 7, 2015 – FANG and BASE crash Raimondo/Whitehouse press conference
- Oct. 15, 2015 – Burrillville Town Council claims to be powerless against Spectra, Invenergy
- Sept. 21, 2015 – Burrillville fracked gas opponents crash Raimondo’s linear park opening
- Augt. 14, 2015 – Anti-fracking activists discuss their arrest
- Aug. 11, 2015 – Air quality benefits outweigh fracked gas facility
- Aug. 4, 2015 – Raimondo’s fracked gas plant and Obama’s clean energy plan
ECO RI
- May 24, 2016 – Momentum Builds for Power Plant Opponents
- Apr. 18, 2016 – Power Plant Protest Calls Out R.I. Energy Leader
- Apr. 16, 2016 – Burrillville Town Council Quiet as Residents Seek Answers About Proposed Natural-Gas Power Plant
- Apr. 13, 2016 – Raimondo Committed to Burrillville Power Plant
- Apr. 12, 2016 – Calculating Plant’s Emissions; Public Meetings Set
- Apr. 6, 2016 – Burrillville Reps. Oppose Proposed Power Plant
- Apr. 3, 2016 – We Can’t Continue to Power Our Economy with Dead Dinosaurs
- Apr. 1, 2016 – Crowded and Rowdy at Power Plant Public Hearing
- Mar. 26, 2016 – Locals Worry About Proposed Power Plant’s Water Use
- Feb. 29, 2016 – Opponents Question Need for More Natural Gas
- Jan. 31, 2016 – Energy Board Boots Several Power-Plant Opponents
- Jan. 13, 2016 – Preliminary Hearing Begins New Power-Plant Debate
- Dec. 2, 2015 – Proposed New Power Plant to Take Wetlands and Water
- Nov. 23, 2015 – CLF: More Fossil-Fuel Plants Won’t Lower Emissions
- Aug. 15, 2015 – Activists Rally Against Providence LNG Project
- Aug. 14, 2015 – It’s Time R.I. Rises to Challenge: Go Vertical with Development of I-195 Land
- Aug. 7, 2015 – Let’s Get Physical: Trades Council Union Members Clash with Environmentalists Over Natural Gas
The Woonsocket Call
- May 23, 2016 – Round 2 of pleas against power plant
- May 19, 2016 – Local expert speaks on Burrillville plant
- May 7, 2016 – Burrillville plant protesters take their message to Main Street
- Apr. 30, 2016 – Burrillville plans public hearings on power plant plan
- Apr. 29, 2016 – Burrillville’s Pacheco: Tax treaty negotiations with power plant ongoing
- Apr. 20, 2016 – Plant protest group keeps up pressure at Statehouse
- Apr. 15, 2016 – Town talks to energy firm on tax treaty
- Apr. 14, 2016 – Burrillville council listens to plant critics
- Apr. 7, 2016 – Burrillville’s potential power plant role detailed
- Apr. 2, 2016 – Burrillville residents get to voice second opinion on plant
- Mar. 8, 2016 – Views on Burrillville Invenergy plant remain divided
- Mar. 4, 2016 – Open house on power plant slated in Burrillville
- Jan. 29, 2016 – Clean energy effort moves on with New England proposals
- Jan. 8, 2016 – Hearing set Tuesday on Burrillville power plant
- Oct. 16, 2015 – Pascoag Utility District offers new details on plan to utilize old wells
- Aug. 4, 2016 – Proposed Burrillville power plant meets pushback
Providence Journal
- May 23, 2016 – Foes again urge rejection of Burrillville natural gas-fired power plant
- May 10, 2016 – Opponents of Burrillville power plant plan become emotional at hearing
- May 2, 2016 – Elisa Conte: Sanders victory was really about power plant, energy issues
- Apr. 23, 2016 – Stephanie Sloman: Process for approving power plant is biased
- Apr. 19, 2016 – Burrillville power plant protester refuses to leave State House
- Apr. 19, 2016 – R.I. power plant protester arrested at State House
- Apr. 7, 2016 – Two lawmakers oppose power plant proposed for Burrillville
- Mar. 31, 2016 – In Burrillville, emotions run high at first public hearing on power plant
- Mar. 30, 2016 – Proposed Burrillville power plant would thwart emissions goal
- Mar. 26, 2016 – John Kostrzewa: Burrillville’s big power plant needs a big look
- Feb. 11, 2016 – Invenergy sells half of future output to regional power grid
- Feb. 1, 2016 – Edward Fitzpatrick: Raimondo defends her jobs strategy
- Jan. 29, 2016 – Panel: Some groups can’t intervene in Burrillville power plant permits
- Jan. 28, 2016 – Peter Trafton: Crack down on fossil fuels in R.I.
- Jan. 27, 2016 – Claudia Gorman: Gas plant approval process stacked against nature lovers
- Jan. 26, 2016 – Jerry Elmer: R.I. plant a step in wrong direction
- Jan. 21, 2016 – Editorial: A win-win
- Jan. 21, 2016 – Pipeline partners hold open house in Burrillville
- Jan. 12, 2016 – Energy board rejects climate change argument in first hearing on proposed Burrillville power plant
- Jan. 12, 2016 – R.I. regulators set ground rules at hearing on power plant
- Jan. 3, 2016 – Groups line up to fight gas-fired power plant
- Dec. 5, 2015 – Eight arrested for trespassing at Spectra pipeline demonstration in Burrillville
- Dec. 5, 2015 – 8 arrested in protest at R.I. natural-gas facility
- Nov. 18, 2015 – Public hearing on proposed power plant in Burrillville set for Jan. 12
- Nov. 13, 2015 – Company paints rosier picture of proposed power plant
- Nov. 13, 2015 – Invenergy: Plant in Burrillville would cut regional carbon dioxide emissions by more than previously forecast
- Sept. 22, 2015 – Dan Dolan: R.I. needs energy mix
- Aug. 28, 2015 – Dawn King and Jules Kortenhorst : Burrillville plant the wrong answer to R.I. energy needs
- Aug. 22, 2015 – Methane release from gas extraction seen as climate threat
- Aug. 17, 2017 – Editorial: A good proposal
- Aug. 16, 2015 – John Kostrzewa: Readers weigh in on natural gas-fired plant proposal for Burrillville
- Aug. 9, 2015 – John Kostrzewa: Other voices need to weigh in on power plant plan
- Aug. 4, 2015 – Proposed Burrillville power plant draws demonstrators
- Aug, 3, 2015 – $700-million ‘clean’ gas-fired power plant proposed in Burrillville
- July 31, 2015 – R.I. officials to announce $700-million power plant in Burrillville
WPRI ch. 12
- May 23, 2016 – Burrillville power plant public hearing held Monday
- Apr. 20, 2016 – Protester speaks out after arrest at statehouse
- Apr. 19, 2016 – Power plant protester refuses to leave State House, arrested
- Apr. 14, 2016 – Residents resist new power plant in Burrillville
- Apr. 7, 2016 – Local lawmakers speak out against proposed Burrillville power plant
- Feb. 16, 2016 – Environmental groups say Whitehouse ‘misrepresented’ their views on power plant
- Jan. 23, 2016 – Sen. Whitehouse backs Burrillville power plant
- Aug. 13, 2015 – Protesters lock themselves to gate of natural gas facility
- Aug. 7, 2015 – Sen. Whitehouse on the fence about new RI power plant
- Aug. 5, 2015 – Chicago firm to build clean energy facility in Rhode Island
- Aug. 3, 2015 – Raimondo: New power plant will provide clean energy, jobs
WJAR ch. 10
- May 23, 2016 – Burrillville residents speak out against proposed power plant
- May 23, 2016 – Neighbors of exisiting Burrillville plant say complaints ignored
- Apr. 19, 2016 – Protester smiles during arrest at RI State House
- Apr. 13, 2016 – Burrillville residents contest proposed power plant at heated meeting
- Apr. 10, 2016 – RI lawmakers oppose Burrillville power plant project
- Dec. 5, 2015 – Protest in Burrillville over gas pipeline and proposed power plant
- Oct. 28, 2015 – Connect to Congress: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
- Aug. 4, 2015 – Chicago firm to build clean energy facility in Rhode Isalnd
- July 31, 2015 – State announces $700M power plant coming to Burrillville