Gasoline prices in the Ocean State fell 3 cents over the last week, bringing the decline in the last weeks to 7 cents per gallon of self-serve, unleaded regular, AAA Southern New England reported Monday. At $3.76 per gallon, the price of gas stands 1 cent below its level four weeks ago. more

Utility company National Grid is warning its customers of a nationwide utility bill scam demanding over-the-phone payments for past-due balances. more

Thanks to a $50,000 grant from National Grid, Providence Children’s Museum will be able to provide free admission to 500 families with low incomes and put more funds toward its new ThinkSpace exhibit. more

Gasoline prices in the Ocean State fell 5 cents this week in the fifth consecutive week of price declines, AAA Southern New England reported Monday. more

Cold will sweep across the eastern U.S. starting this weekend, driving temperatures at least 3 degrees Fahrenheit below normal from the Great Plains to the Atlantic. more

The RENEW Energy Initiative, along with KLR, Hays Companies, the Rhode Island Small Business Development Center and the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, will hold its third panel discussion of 2012 . more

Jamie Lohr, a co-owner of Guardian Fuel in Westerly, was recently named 2012 marketer of the year by the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association. The award recognizes her involvement with industry-related issues and her ability to serve as an active and articulate marketer, unafraid to address legislators. Lohr is a resident of Stonington, Conn., a lifelong environmentalist and an advocate for the use of biofuels. more

Businesses that package their own brands are facing increased pressure in Rhode Island to take more responsibility, including more of the financial burden, for reducing, recycling and disposing of packaging materials. more

BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick announced last week that Massachusetts is helping facilitate gasoline shipments to New York and New Jersey as those states recover from Hurricane Sandy. more

A new power-producing technology, the first of its kind in North America, is up and running off the coast of Maine at the Canadian border. Operating since September, the nation’s first underwater generator has been delivering commercially produced tidal power to the Bangor Hydro Electric Co., the area’s electrical company. A Rhode Island company has played an important role in its fabrication and is under contract to make two more units. more