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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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Public Utilities :: Business and Economy
Insurance companies as public utilities. Yes. Break up the Big Banks. Yes.
jackhutton (jack hutton) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:23:31 -0000
Insurance companies as public utilities. Yes. Break up the Big Banks. Yes.
Dean: Switzerland, Netherlands have no public option but treat ins cos as public utilities, "I'm ok with that." #hcr #mtp
freedomsfriend (Andy Hoover) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:38:15 -0000
Dean: Switzerland, Netherlands have no public option but treat ins cos as public utilities, "I'm ok with that." #hcr #mtp
Nevada Public Utilities Commission approved three NV Energy's ... http://bit.ly/8XqBxd
7y5 (Energy J) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:44:27 -0000
Nevada Public Utilities Commission approved three NV Energy's ... http://bit.ly/8XqBxd
http://bit.ly/ZUrcs Utilities commission OKs sale of wind power: ... Public Utilities Commission has approved a pla... http://bit.ly/5pXduE
Bestcleanenergy (Alice Masotes) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:53:15 -0000
http://bit.ly/ZUrcs Utilities commission OKs sale of wind power: ... Public Utilities Commission has approved a pla... http://bit.ly/5pXduE
Utilities commission OKs sale of wind power: ... Public Utilities Commission has approved a plan to allow a Meridia... http://bit.ly/5T1Cro
stovedude (Ronald Harral) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:53:11 -0000
Utilities commission OKs sale of wind power: ... Public Utilities Commission has approved a plan to allow a Meridia... http://bit.ly/5T1Cro
Utilities commission OKs sale of wind power: AP ⢠Published December 20, 2009 BOISE, Idaho â The Idaho Public U... http://bit.ly/7qDelR
multipowered (MultiPoweredProducts) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:46:24 -0000
Utilities commission OKs sale of wind power: AP • Published December 20, 2009 BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Public U... http://bit.ly/7qDelR
Minnesota Power - Minnesota Power provides electricity for customers in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Meta Description: [ Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE, provides electricity in a 26,000-square-mile electric service territory located in northeastern Minnesota. Minnesota Power supplies retail electric service to 137,000 customers and wholesale electric service to 16 municipalities.
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