public utility
noun
: a business organization (such as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special governmental regulation
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His interest in setting costs to particular contexts extended to public utilities.
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Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The bill’s first draft prohibited all public utilities operating in Maryland from passing on lobbying and political advocacy costs to ratepayers.
—Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
The 40-page law addresses public water systems and wastewater treatment facilities; public utilities and manufacturing facilities; and energy, water, wastewater and manufacturing facilities.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
Rooftop solar is expensive, and roof space is sometimes needed for other things, such as helicopter pads, public utilities, or water tanks.
—Isabel Hilton, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024
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Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The bill’s first draft prohibited all public utilities operating in Maryland from passing on lobbying and political advocacy costs to ratepayers.
—Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
The 40-page law addresses public water systems and wastewater treatment facilities; public utilities and manufacturing facilities; and energy, water, wastewater and manufacturing facilities.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024
Rooftop solar is expensive, and roof space is sometimes needed for other things, such as helicopter pads, public utilities, or water tanks.
—Isabel Hilton, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Public utility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20utility. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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