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 occupant.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-1.1
Services to new occupants
P.L. 1976, ch. 219, § 1.
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