Rhode Island's energy resources include fuelwood potential in the south and wind power resources. The Rhode Island economy is one of the least energy intensive in the Nation, and Rhode Island ranks last among the States in per capita energy consumption. Industrial energy consumption is low, and the residential sector is Rhode Island's leading energy consumer.
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- Rhode Island has the lowest per capita energy consumption in the Nation.
- Rhode Island is the location of one of the four Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve sites intended to cushion the effects of disruptions in the supply of home heating oil.
- Natural gas fuels almost all of Rhode Island's electricity generation.
- Rhode Island is one of the few States that require the statewide use of reformulated motor gasoline blended with ethanol.