R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-19-8.1: Administrative civil penalties.

The administrator may, in his or her discretion, in lieu of seeking a suspension or revocation of a certificate as conferred under this chapter, impose upon its regulated CATV companies an administrative penalty. Any CATV company that violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or any division order, rule, or regulation issued or promulgated under this chapter, or does any act prohibited in this chapter, or fails or refuses to perform any duty enjoined upon it for which a penalty has not been provided, is subject to a penalty of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and in the case of a continuing violation of any of the provisions of the chapter, every day’s continuance of a violation is a separate and distinct offense.