R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-35-20: Termination of service.

Every person or corporation who shall willfully for non-payment of charges cut off, discontinue, or otherwise terminate gas, electric, water, telephone, light, heat, or power service to any domestic or institutional user on either Friday, Saturday, or Sunday or at any time when the office of the person or corporation is not open for business or the day before any legal holiday shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500).