Green energy, high prices, and political manipulation

Three years ago, a winner was chosen to make Rhode Island the nation’s first state with an offshore wind farm. Republican Gov. Donald Carcieri made the announcement: Deepwater Wind Inc., — a well-capitalized New Jersey wind power development company with hotshot lobbyists — won the contract.

Carcieri unveiled the $1.3 billion, 800-job venture in language fit for a legacy: “This is much more than an energy project. This is about creating a new industry in Rhode Island; an industry that puts Rhode Island at the epicenter of the emerging alternative energy market.”