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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
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Decatur County REMC - Member-owned electric cooperative serving Decatur, Ripley, Jennings, Franklin, Rush and Bartholomew counties. Includes a list of products and services.
Indiana American Water Company - Public water utility providing company profile, service numbers, rates, and water education experiments.
Indiana Municipal Power Agency - A joint action agency between 26 Indiana utilities with information on member locations, financial information, deregulation and government relations.
Meta Description: [ The Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) provides a reliable, economic and environmentally-responsible wholesale power supply to 40 Indiana municipalities. The wholesale electricity provider assists member communities with power supply, transmission, engineering and additional services. ]
NIPSCO (Northern Indiana Public Service Company) - Northern Indiana natural gas and electric provider. Contact numbers, bill payment services, and rate reviews.
Meta Description: [ Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), a NiSource Company, is a regulated utility that provides natural gas and electricity to a population of approximately 2.2 million across the northern third of Indiana. With nearly 700,000 gas customers and 416,000 electric customers, NIPSCO is the... ]
Ohio Valley Gas Corporation - Provide natural gas for customers in over 50 communities in Indiana.
Meta Description: [ Ohio Valley Gas Corporation and Ohio Valley Gas Inc. provide natural gas for customers in over 50 communities in Indiana. ]
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