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A public utility is a company that maintains the infrastructure for a public service. Public utilities often involve natural monopolies, and as a result are often government monopolies, or if privately owned, treated as specially regulated sectors. Public utilities can be privately owned or publicly owned. Publicly owned utilities include cooperative and municipal utilities. Municipal utilities may actually include territories outside of city limits or may not even serve the entire city. Cooperative utilities are owned by the customers they serve. They are usually found in rural areas. Private utilities, also called investor owned utilities, are owned by investors. Unlike public companies, private utilities may be listed on the stock exchange. Private, in this context, means not owned by the public or the government.
In poorer developing countries, public utilities are often limited to wealthier parts of major cities, as used to be the case in developed countries in the nineteenth century.
Examples of utilities are:
- Electric Utility, which in some instances can be Electric power transmission or electricity distribution
- Drinking water purification and distribution
- Sewage treatment and disposal
- Other waste disposal
- Natural gas distribution
- District heat generation and distribution
- Public transport by bus, train, etc.
- Cable television and telephone lines
Sales Of Home Safes Climb Amid Financial Turmoil
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:56:00 -0400
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G-7 Leaders: We'll Tackle Crisis Together
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:29:00 -0400
Finance ministers from around the world tried to show they are working in a coordinated way to tackle a global financial crisis that has proved to be far more serious than anyone anticipated.
World Powers Meet To Combat Credit Crisis
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:14:00 -0400
President Bush was short of specifics in his brief statement after Saturday morning's meeting. Will the meeting itself be enough to calm the worldwide markets after the weekend, or will the finance ministers have to offer a concrete plan to stabilize the world's financial systems?
Light - Provides electricity to customers in western Missouri and eastern Kansas.
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Allegheny Power System - Provides electricity to customers in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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Atmos Energy - Natural gas utility serving customers in 12 states, mostly in the Southeast.
ECONnergy Energy Co., Inc - Suppliers of deregulated energy. Natural gas and electricity. Programs throughout NY, NJ and PA.
El Paso Electric Company - Provides electricity to customers in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.
Empire District Electric Co. - Provides electricity to southwestern Missouri and parts of Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
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NUI Corp. - Natural gas utility servicing customers in New Jersey, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
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Xcel Energy - Utility supplier of electric power and natural gas service in Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
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