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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CPUC recommends that public utilities shoot for a supplier diversity goal of 15%.
PanAmericanBank (Pan American Bank) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:41:32 -0000
CPUC recommends that public utilities shoot for a supplier diversity goal of 15%.
San Pedranos March Against Water Rate Increase: Last week the Public Utilities Commission approved a 10.6% incr.. http://bit.ly/7C5b1t
ambergrisdaily (Ambergris Daily) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:27:40 -0000
San Pedranos March Against Water Rate Increase: Last week the Public Utilities Commission approved a 10.6% incr.. http://bit.ly/7C5b1t
San Pedranos March Against Water Rate Increase: Last week the Public Utilities Commission approved a 10.6% incr.. http://bit.ly/7C5b1t
pedrobelize (pedros hotel) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:46:52 -0000
San Pedranos March Against Water Rate Increase: Last week the Public Utilities Commission approved a 10.6% incr.. http://bit.ly/7C5b1t
Signalling and the design of delegated management contracts for public utilities http://kele.es/lBH
Sciencia (Webmaster Sciencia) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:01:08 -0000
Signalling and the design of delegated management contracts for public utilities http://kele.es/lBH
SJW Corp. Announces Approval by the California Public Utilities Commission of Increase in Rates for San Jose... http://bit.ly/4runp8 #sfo
SFONewz (SFONewz) Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:24:02 -0000
SJW Corp. Announces Approval by the California Public Utilities Commission of Increase in Rates for San Jose... http://bit.ly/4runp8 #sfo
It seems OFWAT is repeating the OFGEM policy of bankrupting our utilities by imposing ridiculously low profit margins to appease Joe Public.
technicleigh (Bald One) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:56:52 -0000
It seems OFWAT is repeating the OFGEM policy of bankrupting our utilities by imposing ridiculously low profit margins to appease Joe Public.

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