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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New Jersey residents got some bad news earlier this year when the state's public utilities board warned that their electricity bills could surge up to 20% starting on June 1.
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 June 2025
Voters will also elect the next Unified Government mayor/CEO, county sheriff, respective school board members, public utility board members and more.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2025
Secret agreements Our research, reviewing nearly 50 public utility commission proceedings about data centers’ power needs across 10 states, uncovered dozens of secretive contracts between utilities and data centers.
—Eliza Martin, The Conversation, 5 June 2025
Khan’s paper had argued that, given Amazon’s ubiquity in American life, the company should either be subject to strong antitrust enforcement or be regulated like a public utility.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 June 2025
Voters will also elect the next Unified Government mayor/CEO, county sheriff, respective school board members, public utility board members and more.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2025
Secret agreements Our research, reviewing nearly 50 public utility commission proceedings about data centers’ power needs across 10 states, uncovered dozens of secretive contracts between utilities and data centers.
—Eliza Martin, The Conversation, 5 June 2025
Khan’s paper had argued that, given Amazon’s ubiquity in American life, the company should either be subject to strong antitrust enforcement or be regulated like a public utility.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
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“Public utility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20utility. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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