R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-3-13: Emergency suspension of rate schedules.

The division shall have power, when deemed by it necessary to prevent injury to the business or interest of the people or any public utility of this state in case of any emergency to be judged of by the division, to permit any public utility to temporarily alter, amend, or suspend any existing rates, schedules, and order relating to or affecting any public utility or part of any public utility in this state.