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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
New post: BPU receives national recognition for technology: The Board of Public Utilities was recently profiled in a... http://bit.ly/1oXaZi
kckansan (Kansas City Kansan) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:48:18 -0000
New post: BPU receives national recognition for technology: The Board of Public Utilities was recently profiled in a... http://bit.ly/1oXaZi
BPU receives national recognition for technology: The Board of Public Utilities was recently profiled in a nati.. http://bit.ly/1oXaZi
kckansan (Kansas City Kansan) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:41:23 -0000
BPU receives national recognition for technology: The Board of Public Utilities was recently profiled in a nati.. http://bit.ly/1oXaZi
Power grab - PG&E has spent $3.5 million toward an initiative that would hamper development of public utilities.. http://bit.ly/4zMmNB
californianewz (California News Now) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:39:43 -0000
Power grab - PG&E has spent $3.5 million toward an initiative that would hamper development of public utilities.. http://bit.ly/4zMmNB
Public Utilities Specialist Energy Efficiency - Energy: Bonneville Power Administration - Portland, OR: Bonnevi.. http://bit.ly/3E5oHC
CUPPACareers (UIC CUPPA Careers) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:18:58 -0000
Public Utilities Specialist Energy Efficiency - Energy: Bonneville Power Administration - Portland, OR: Bonnevi.. http://bit.ly/3E5oHC
#energy#job alert Public Utilities Specialist Energy Efficiency - Energy: Bonneville Power Adm.. http://bit.ly/1omcDA
Energyjobcast (Energy Jobcast) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:53:28 -0000
#energy#job alert Public Utilities Specialist Energy Efficiency - Energy: Bonneville Power Adm.. http://bit.ly/1omcDA
@vsummers61 LOL, hey that's how this family earns it's living, from public utilities, engineer husband...:)
writestuff444 (betty malone) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:44:17 -0000
@vsummers61 LOL, hey that's how this family earns it's living, from public utilities, engineer husband...:)
ACN Energy - Offering consumers an alternative choice for natural gas and electricity services in several markets throughout the U.S. Site includes information on rates, markets, and the company.
Central Virginia Regional Technology Council (CVRTC) - Promotes technology development in Central Virginia in the areas of business, government, and education.
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