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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If ultimately enacted, the state's public utility commission would evaluate the success of the program within three years.
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
To deliver it, electric power companies grew into an industry monitored by insurance companies and public utility regulators.
—Ernest Freeberg, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Cable, Internet, and Phone Outages Unlike public utilities, cable and internet services are usually billed on a monthly basis.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
Regulators – The Gatekeepers State public utility commissions approve rates, capital recovery plans, and allowable returns.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
To deliver it, electric power companies grew into an industry monitored by insurance companies and public utility regulators.
—Ernest Freeberg, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Cable, Internet, and Phone Outages Unlike public utilities, cable and internet services are usually billed on a monthly basis.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
Regulators – The Gatekeepers State public utility commissions approve rates, capital recovery plans, and allowable returns.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for public utility
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“Public utility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20utility. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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