public utility
noun
: a business organization (such as an electric company) performing a public service and subject to special governmental regulation
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025
Meanwhile, in Houston, CenterPoint Energy, a public utility holding company based in Texas, buried its 400th mile of power lines last month, having begun in September as part of its $5.75 billion undergrounding plan to mitigate the effects of hurricanes and reduce outages.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
Earlier this month, security vendor Dragos detailed a separate breach involving Chinese hackers sitting inside a Massachusetts public utility company for around 300 days.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
With a new funding program unveiled in 2024, the state of New York is encouraging public utilities within its borders to do exactly that.
—Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025
Meanwhile, in Houston, CenterPoint Energy, a public utility holding company based in Texas, buried its 400th mile of power lines last month, having begun in September as part of its $5.75 billion undergrounding plan to mitigate the effects of hurricanes and reduce outages.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
Earlier this month, security vendor Dragos detailed a separate breach involving Chinese hackers sitting inside a Massachusetts public utility company for around 300 days.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
With a new funding program unveiled in 2024, the state of New York is encouraging public utilities within its borders to do exactly that.
—Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Public utility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20utility. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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