Winter is coming. So are deeper electric bill discounts for low-income Rhode Islanders

Marissa Diakite can’t seem to catch up. First it was electricity bills for the Pawtucket apartment she shares with her mom. The costs kept rising even as she worked more – and was home less – to try to make ends meet, she said. Now, Diakite has debt from months of partially unpaid electric bills. […]

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