Public Utility definitions

Public utility

1) Gas company
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public utility

n. any organization which provides services to the general public, although it may be privately owned. Public utilities include electric, gas, telephone, water and television cable systems, as well as streetcar and bus lines. They are allowed certain monopoly rights due to the practical need to service entire geographic areas with one system, but t...
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Public utility

A public utility (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and regulation ranging from local community-based groups to state-wide government monopolies. The term utilities can al...
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public utility

See utility
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public utility

enterprise that provides certain classes of services to the public, including common carrier transportation (buses, airlines, railroads, motor ... [33 related articles]
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Public Utility

By Minnesota Statute, an investor owned utility regulated by the PUC. `Public utility` excludes municipal utilities, cooperatives, and power marketing authorities.
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Public Utility

(n) A public utility is the provision of any service, irrespective of the lender of such services, to the public as a whole without limiting its scope to any particular group unless barred by the law of land. For example a taxi is a public utility but private cars are not.
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Public Utility

A private business organization, subject to government regulation, that provides an essential commodity or service, such as water, electricity, transportation, or communications, to the public.
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Public Utility

Any organization which provides services to the general public, although it may be privately owned. Public utilities include electric, gas, telephone, water, and television cable systems, as well as streetcar and bus lines. Public utilities are allowed certain monopoly rights because of the practical need to service entire geographic areas with one...
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public utility

a business enterprise, as a public-service corporation, performing an essential public service and regulated by the federal, state, or local government. Cf.(def. 3). · Usually,stocks or bonds of public-utility companies, excluding railroads.
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