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The FYI… on the Newport Gas Crisis

The FYI… on the Newport Gas Crisis

What happened? Governor Gina Raimondo declared a State of Emergency after National Grid shut off service to about 7,000 customers in the Newport and Middletown areas out of an “abundance of caution” when a supplier’s faulty valve caused pressure to lower to potentially dangerous levels. The issue happened the same day temperatures were in the…MORE