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public utility

noun

  1. a business enterprise, as a public-service corporation, performing an essential public service and regulated by the federal, state, or local government. Compare utility ( def 3 ).
  2. Usually public utilities. stocks or bonds of public-utility companies, excluding railroads.


public utility

noun

  1. an enterprise concerned with the provision to the public of essentials, such as electricity or water Also called (US)public-service corporation
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public utility

  1. A private company supplying water, gas, electricity , telephone service, or the like, which is granted a monopoly by the government and then regulated by the government.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲl-·پi·ٲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of public utility1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Investors in public utilities know they’re at the mercy of Mother Nature when it comes to wildfires, but still choose to invest because electricity is a universal need.

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During such incidents, public utilities will shut off power to reduce the risk of electrical equipment igniting fires.

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There was a time when I believed that social media, which delivered us to this disaster, could be turned into public utilities.

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Those most recent rate increases were reviewed and approved by Newsom appointees at the state public utilities commission.

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About 4,600 customers remained without power as of Monday morning, the public utility company said on social media.

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