Rhode Island Energy highlights four local employees in latest round of its It’s Your Energy workforce campaign
Rhode Island Energy put four of its own employees in the spotlight on October 26, naming Jared, Liz, Ryan, and Soso as the latest faces of its ongoing It’s Your Energy campaign. “Our latest round of featured employees represent the hundreds of dedicated employees whose work helps strengthen neighborhoods, support local businesses, protect our environment and improve quality of life across Rhode Island,” said Greg Cornett, the company’s president.
Rhode Island Energy names four employees in latest campaign round
The announcement came out of Providence on October 26, 2026, under the It’s Your Energy campaign banner. RIE named four employees — Jared, Liz, Ryan, and Soso — as the newest faces of the initiative. The campaign was already well underway before this round, so these four profiles add to a growing roster of worker spotlights the company has been building out over time.
President Greg Cornett connected the spotlight directly to the company’s broader purpose. His statement framed the four not as exceptions, but as stand-ins for a much larger workforce doing similar work every day across the state.
The company describes its employees as contributors to neighborhood strengthening, environmental protection, and quality-of-life improvement across Rhode Island.
Why RIE launched the It’s Your Energy campaign
Most energy customers never see the people who keep their lights on or their heat running. That invisibility is exactly what RIE set out to fix. The company employs more than 1,300 people, and the campaign is built to make their behind-the-scenes work visible to the public they serve.
RIE delivers electricity and natural gas to over 770,000 customers across Rhode Island — a big footprint for a single state, and the workforce required to maintain it is equally substantial. Employee storytelling gives the company a way to put a human face on the infrastructure and service commitments that underpin daily life for hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders. It’s a simple idea, but it fills a real gap.
The company is a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, which focuses on grid modernization and the shift toward cleaner energy. Within that larger corporate mission, RIE uses campaigns like this one to reinforce its local identity — making clear that the people doing the work live in the same communities they serve.
Roles and responsibilities of the four featured employees
Each of the four employees spotlighted in this round works in a different part of the company, giving the campaign a broad cross-section of what RIE’s workforce actually does day to day.
Jared works on the natural gas team as a field trainer. His job is to prepare crews with the hands-on skills they need to operate safely — focused specifically on developing the next generation of natural gas professionals who’ll eventually be responsible for the reliable service customers count on.
Liz brings a different kind of background to her role. A Marine veteran, she now works company-wide to build a culture where safety is a shared responsibility, not something reserved for high-risk field positions. Her point is straightforward: getting home in one piece at the end of the day is a baseline expectation.
Ryan is a Senior Forester and a lifelong Rhode Islander who manages vegetation around power lines. The work does two things at once — it reduces the risk of outages caused by overgrown trees while supporting healthier habitats for wildlife and pollinators. It’s a role that sits right at the intersection of grid reliability and environmental stewardship, two priorities that don’t always get treated as compatible.
Soso grew up in the communities she now serves. Her work involves connecting new schools, businesses, and neighborhoods to the electric grid. Every new development that needs power — a commercial building, an expanding residential area, a new school — goes through someone like Soso before the lights ever come on.
Broader context: RIE’s workforce and community mission
RIE consistently frames its workforce as central to more than just energy delivery. The company describes its employees as contributors to neighborhood strengthening, environmental protection, and quality-of-life improvement across Rhode Island. That framing shapes how the It’s Your Energy campaign is structured — not as a recruitment tool or a corporate branding exercise, but as a direct connection between the public and the people already doing the work.
With more than 1,300 employees dedicated to customer and community service, RIE’s workforce is a meaningful part of the state’s economic and civic fabric. The campaign makes that point without overstating it.
What to know about the It’s Your Energy campaign
The It’s Your Energy campaign is an ongoing RIE initiative profiling employees across different roles and departments, as reported by Rhode Island Energy (via LinkedIn). This latest round features Jared, Liz, Ryan, and Soso — a field trainer, a safety advocate, a senior forester, and a grid connections specialist — each representing a distinct piece of what it takes to deliver safe and reliable energy across Rhode Island.
Full employee profiles for this round, along with profiles from previous rounds, are available at rienergy.com/ItsYourEnergy. Rhode Island Energy is a subsidiary of PPL Corporation and serves more than 770,000 electricity and natural gas customers across the state.
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