There's good news and bad news when it comes to your electric bill

Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at The Providence Journal and this is the Daily Briefing.

Now that my kids are back to school it means two things. The weather is cool enough that the AC units are no longer running and I'm back into my routine of going around the house to turn off the lights after my youngest has left for school.

Yes. I've become my father.

I think we're all looking for ways to keep our electricity bills down and that will become even more important in the coming month.

The Journal's Alex Kuffner reports that the state Public Utilities Commission on Thursday approved the new pricing proposal from Rhode Island Energy that will see the residential electric rate climb to 16.4 cents per kilowatt hour for the period from Oct. 1 to March 31.

Just how much will that increase bills? Alex has the info along with some good news for RI Energy customers .

• Providence and state education officials are awaiting the analysis of a “breach” of the school system’s computer network “to learn more about its severity and the degree to which any information was exposed."

The Journal's Tom Mooney has the latest on the event that forced the district to shut down all school and office connections to the internet.

• We all have our favorite restaurants, but where do our elected officials go? Food and politics are intertwined in Rhode Island, particularly at the State House, where lawmakers eat well. The Journal's Katherine Gregg looks at how much was spent, and where in our latest Dining Guide installment.

• Beach season may be over and the leaves aren't the only thing dropping. The lawsuit filed by Bonnet Shores residents over the allowance of Bonnet Shores Beach Club members voting in the fire district has been dropped. The Journal's Jonny Williams reports the battle between the two sides is still far from over.

• The Journal's sports team was back on the football field last night and has all the action covered. Check it out here .

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A study conducted  by Coupons4real.com gathered data from Numbeo to analyze various factors that affect the cost of living in each state capital. Each factor was assigned a score out of 10 and then summed into three index categories: dining and going out, markets and transport. These index categories were then combined to create an overall score out of 100 to determine which state capital is the cheapest to live in, which determined that Providence is the 46th most expensive.

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