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:
Public Utilities :: Business and Economy
North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff - An independent agency created in 1977 to review, investigate, and make appropriate recommendations to the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Includes information divisions, consumer assistance and employment opportunities.
North Carolina Utilities Commission - A regulatory agency whose responsibilities include oversight of the telecommunications industry in North Carolina.
Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation - Provides electric energy. Contains customer service, education, company details, news and classifieds.
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