Renee needs $166 to keep her lights on.
Money has been tight — her son graduated from high school this spring, and her mother was recently diagnosed with dementia. But the three-person household in the Hollywood neighborhood of North Memphis is facing a utility shutoff that could happen any day now. They are already one day past their cutoff date.
“I’m just trying to do the best I can to make everything work,” said Renee, who asked to use her middle name to protect her privacy. “I just need the minimum to keep going, and it’s just — I just don’t have it.”…