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R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-1. Reasonable and adequate services — Reasonable and just charges
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(a) Every public utility is required to furnish safe, reasonable, and adequate services and facilities. The rate, toll, or charge, or any joint rate made, exacted, demanded, or collected by any public utility for the conveyance or transportation of any persons or property, includ…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-1.1. Services to new occupants
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No public utility shall refuse to furnish services to new occupants at any premises on the grounds that the previous occupant has vacated the premises without paying the public utility for services furnished, provided that the service is not for the use or benefit of the previous…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-1.2. Utility base rate — Advertising, demand-side management, and renewables
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(a) In addition to costs prohibited in § 39-1-27.4(b), no public utility distributing or providing heat, electricity, or water to or for the public shall include as part of its base rate any expenses for advertising, either direct or indirect, that promotes the use of its product…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-1.3. Payment for cellular telephone services — Late charges
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No subscriber to a cellular telephone service shall be subject to an assessment of a late fee on a monthly billing unless the payment is at least thirty (30) days past the close of the billing period that is the subject of the statement. A cellular telephone operator shall not im…