Essential Links For Rhode Island Utility Consumers Go back
Alert! A new utility law, S2608aa, is now on the books.
This act would prevent the shut off of gas or electric services in any residence where a child under the age of two years old resides.
Rhode Island Low-Income Heating Energy Assistance Information
Link-Up and Lifeline, two federally subsidized Telephone service programs may be available to those who receive assistance from food stamps, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income or other programs. Check to find out if you are eligible. Or, you can check eligibility by calling the Federal Communications Commission's Consumer Center toll-free (888) 225-5322.
Rhode Island Utility Consumers' Bill of Rights Brochure 
Microsoft Word file
RI Utilidade dos Consumidores Bill dos direitos brochura Microsoft Word file
RI Public Utilities Commission Rules & Regulations re: termination of residential electric, water & gas utilities. 
.pdf file (59 pages) Acrobat Reader req.
“[T]he more folks understand the impact of National Grid's [rate] request the better. If National Grid's leadership and stockholders have a 20% increase in profits rather than the 24% they realized last year, I'm confident they'll still be able to feed their families.” - Darlene Briggs Magaw, M.S., Director of Family Support Services at Family Resources Community Action, Woonsocket, RI
Read Magaw's June 10, 2008 testimony at a hearing before the Public Utilities Commission in Woonsocket, RI.